Strikebound
The dramatised story of a coal-miners' strike in 1930s Australia, in the small south Gippsland town of Korumburra. The story is told through the struggles of Agnes and Wattie Doig, two Scottish immigrants, who were real people.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Released
- 1984
- Country
- Australia
Details
Release year: 1984
Storyline
The dramatised story of a coal-miners' strike in 1930s Australia, in the small south Gippsland town of Korumburra. The story is told through the struggles of Agnes and Wattie Doig, two Scottish immigrants, who were real people.
Top credits
Chris Haywood — Wattie Doig
Carol Burns — Agnes Doig
Hugh Keays-Byrne — Idris Williams
Rob Steele — Charlie Nelson
Did you know
• The movie about 1930s mining in Australia was partially filmed at a real-life and now disused and defunct mine in Wonthaggi, Gippsland in the state of Victoria in Australia.
• Debut theatrical feature film of Richard Lowenstein as a director, as a producer, and as a screen-writer.
• This cinema movie was originally conceived as a fifty minute dramatized documentary called "The Sunbeam Shaft" but the project developed into a a full length feature film.
User reviews
The Left side of Australian politics.
Worthy as history, but not very entertaining
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
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