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Summerfield (1977)

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Film details

Featuring

Nick Tate John Waters Elizabeth Alexander
Country

Australia
Year

1977
Genre

Thriller
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Drama thriller. Schoolteacher Simon Robinson arrives in a small fishing town in Victoria to take over the school as the previous teacher, Peter Flynn, has disappeared. The locals, including the police, seem not to be keen to talk about Flynn. Simon becomes fascinated by the secretive-seeming people living at 'Summerfield', on a private island joined by a bridge to the mainland; his pupil Sally, her mother Jenny and Jenny's brother David. Simon begins to suspect that the small family has some involvement in Flynn's disappearance.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Simon Robinson
    
    Nick Tate
  - David Abbott
    
    John Waters
  - Jenny Abbott
    
    Elizabeth Alexander
  - Sally Abbott
    
    Michele Jarman
  - Dr Miller
    
    Charles Tingwell
  - Betty Tate, landlady
    
    Geraldine Turner
  - Jim Tate
    
    Max Cullen
  - Sergeant Potter
    
    Barry Donnelly
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Ken Hannam
  - Production Company
    
    A Clare Beach Film
  - Produced by
    
    Patricia Lovell
  - Screenplay
    
    Cliff Green

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