Rising Sundown (1989)

When two Japanese entrepreneurs place a bid on Essie Harrington's house in an auction, racial tensions and old wounds are re-opened. Essie Harrington, unable to cope with the memory of her ... See full summary »

Director:

Paul Moloney

Writer:

Alan Hopgood

Stars:

Robert Grubb, Lenore Smith, Peter O'Brien

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Robert Grubb	...	Dr. Geoff Standish
Lenore Smith	...	Kate Wellings
Peter O'Brien	...	Sam Patterson
Maurie Fields	...	Vic Buckley
Val Jellay	...	Nancy Buckley
George Kapiniaris	...	Dimitrios 'D.J.' Lonniadis
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dorothy Alison	...	Essie Harrington
Brett Climo	...	Dr. David Ratcliffe
Lois Collinder	...	Mabel Jeffries
Edward Hepple	...	Mac Curtis (as Ted Hepple)
Gerard Kennedy	...	Luke Mitchell
Michelle McClatchy
Muro	...	Ito
John O'Brien	...	Yamada
Paul Young	...	Harold McHugh

Storyline

When two Japanese entrepreneurs place a bid on Essie Harrington's house in an auction, racial tensions and old wounds are re-opened. Essie Harrington, unable to cope with the memory of her husband's death in World War II by the Japanese, collapses. The locals are none too impressed and when someone sabotages the Nomad the Japanese businessmen fly in, events take a turn for the worse.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

1989 (Australia)

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Technical Specs

Color:

Color

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