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All the Rivers Run: Elijah finds love (1983)

1983

All the Rivers Run: Elijah finds love (1983)

1983

    Delie (Sigrid Thornton) is aware that Creeping Annie (Judith Massey) the maid and Elijah (Cliff Ellen) the farmhand are always at odds with one another, but one day Annie reveals an unsuspected talent. As a result, the couple decide to 'get hitched’ and approach their employers Uncle Charles (Charles Tingwell) and Aunt Hester (Dinah Shearing) for their approval.

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    Delie (Sigrid Thornton) is aware that Creeping Annie (Judith Massey) the maid and Elijah (Cliff Ellen) the farmhand are always at odds with one another, but one day Annie reveals an unsuspected talent. As a result, the couple decide to 'get hitched’ and approach their employers Uncle Charles (Charles Tingwell) and Aunt Hester (Dinah Shearing) for their approval.

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    Crawford Productions, Seven Network
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    • Producer
      Alan Hardy
      Executive Producer
      Terry Stapleton, Ian Crawford, Hector Crawford
      Production supervisor
      Michael Lake
      Directors
      Pino Amenta and George Miller
      Writers
      Vince Moran, Colin Free, Peter Yeldham and Gwenda Marsh
      Composer
      Bruce Rowland
      Cast
      John Alansu, Kirk Alexander, Don Barker, Don Bridges, Carol Burns, Michael Carman, Chantal Contouri, Diane Craig, Celia de Burgh, Cliff Ellen, Mary-Anne Fahey, Frank Gallacher, Caroline Gillmer, Vivean Gray, Alan Hardy, Constance Lansberg, Betty Lucas, Judith Massey, Gus Mercurio, Darius Perkins, Dinah Shearing, Steven Tandy, Sigrid Thornton, Charles Tingwell (AKA 'Bud' Tingwell), William Upjohn, John Waters, Adrian Wright

    • by Anne Lucas

      An example of good storytelling: a little of Elijah’s fear of snakes and discomfort with Annie has been laid in earlier but only sketchily. Here, in less than two minutes, we get succinct character exposition, a plot with a beginning, middle and end, an observation on the social customs and class distinctions of the time and a nice dose of humour. Tropfest aspirants take note.

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