Michael Duffield

Michael Duffield

Movies for Michael Duffield...

Departure
Title: Departure
Character: Presley Swift
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Based on the highly acclaimed play by Michael Gurr, 'A Pair of Claws', it revolves around a couple who have been married for more than 30 years. Although there is a great mutual warmth between them, they are both aware that a gulf exists between them. Their son, Simon, is involved in a scandal and to preserve his career Simon must publicly denounce his father.
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Robbery Under Arms
Title: Robbery Under Arms
Character: Mr. Falkland
Released: March 28, 1985
Type: Movie
Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars Sam Neill as the infamous Captain Starlight.
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Title: Sara Dane
Character: Governor Bligh
Released: May 31, 1982
Type: TV
Sara Dane is a 1982 Australian television miniseries about a woman transported from England to Australia for a crime she did not commit.
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The Last of the Knucklemen
Title: The Last of the Knucklemen
Character: Methuselah
Released: July 1, 1979
Type: Movie
In the tradition of Sunday Too Far Away, this independent film is based on the classic Australian play by John Power. Pic tells the story of a group of miners living in a camp in outback Australia. They swear, brawl, gamble, and drink heavily. Central to the story is the conflict between Tarzan, the authoritarian group leader and cocky loud-mouth wisecracking Pansy. This results in a bare-knuckle punch-up for the movie's denouement.
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The Last Wave
Title: The Last Wave
Character: Andrew Potter
Released: December 15, 1977
Type: Movie
Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the Aboriginal people and their prophecies.
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Two Thousand Weeks
Title: Two Thousand Weeks
Character: Will's father
Released: January 2, 1969
Type: Movie
A subjective view of a crisis in the life of a writer who calculates he has 2,000 weeks left in his life to fulfill himself.
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Macbeth
Title: Macbeth
Character: Seyton
Released: September 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Another take on the 1960 version, with a different production team and some of the same cast.
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Rock You Sinners
Title: Rock You Sinners
Character: Paul Selway
Released: May 23, 1957
Type: Movie
In the early days of rock and roll, a disc jockey and his friend, a writer, want to put a rock show on TV.