Eureka Stockade (film)

EUREKA STOCKADE

Movie poster
Directed by Harry Watt
Produced by Michael Balcon
Written by Harry Watt
Walter Greenwood
Ralph Smart
Starring Chips Rafferty
Gordon Jackson
Music by John Greenwood
Cinematography George Heath
Editing by Leslie Norman
Studio Ealing Studios
Distributed by General Film Distributors
Running time 103 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget ₤125,000[1] or ₤200,000[2]

Eureka Stockade is a 1949 British film of the story surrounding Peter Lalor and the gold miners' rebellion of 1854 at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria. It was produced by Ealing Studios and directed by Harry Watt.[3][4][5]

Contents

Cast

Alternate title

An abridged version of the film was released in the United States of America under the title, Massacre Hill.[6]

External links

Notes

  1. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 207.
  2. ^ Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press, 1989 p181
  3. ^ Monthly Film Bulletin review; February 1949, page 21
  4. ^ Variety film review; 2 February 1949
  5. ^ Motion Picture Exhibitor review; 27 September 1950, page 2942
  6. ^ "Eureka Stockade". National Film and Sound Archive. http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Eureka%20Stockade%20Media%3A%22FILM%22%20. Retrieved 2009-05-25.