
Film
The Mango Tree
1977 · 1h 33m · Drama
A town of amazing people. A story that crowds a lifetime into a few, short years. And a young man who experienced it all.
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Overview
Jamie Carr is a young man growing up in Bundaberg, Northern Queensland during the closing years of World War I. Jamie, who is in his final year of high school, was brought up by his grandmother. Grandma Carr is known and loved by all in the town, and does her best to help Jamie through the emotional turmoil of adolescence and a society struggling under old traditions and beliefs in a new country.
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Cast

Geraldine Fitzgerald
Grandma Carr

Robert Helpmann
Professor

Christopher Pate
Jamie Carr
Ben Gabriel
Wilkenshaw

Gerard Kennedy
Preacher Jones

Gloria Dawn
Pearl

Carol Burns
Maudie Plover
Barry Pierce
Angus McDonald

Diane Craig
Miss Pringle

Maggie Millar
Laura Montague

Gerry Duggan
Scanlon

Terry McDermott
Somers

Jonathan Hardy
Joe Speight

Gary Day
Constable McHendry

Jonathan Atherton
Stinker Hatch

Tony Barry
Tommy Smith
Crew
- Kevin James DobsonDirector
- Michael PateWriter
- Brian ProbynDirector of Photography
- Marc WilkinsonOriginal Music Composer
- John ScottEditor
Details
- Release date
- December 13, 1977
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Drama
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