The Little Convict (1979)
3.7 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 30min
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- Synopsis:
After failing to sell any of his paintings at a funfair, an artist begins to tell his granddaughter about the origins of his paintings. We are then transported on board a British convict ship headed for New South Wales where we meet six convicts; Toby Nelson (a young boy), Polly Nelson (Toby's older sister), "Dipper" Davey (an old pick-pocket), Big George (a Blacksmith), Jack Doolan (a highwayman), and "Silly Billy" (a village idiot). The five men are selected to do hard labor for the military - under the supervision of Sergeant "Bully" Langden and Corporal "Weasel" Wesley - while Polly (secretly in love with Big George) is sent to work as a servant girl at the governor's home. Toby in the meantime saves a baby koala after Bully and Weasel kill it's mother while hunting, and keeps it as a pet, naming it Yo-Yo. But when Bully's continuing abuse of the convicts ends in old Dipper's death, Jack Doolan, fearing a similar fate, escapes and Big George is thrown in jail for helping him to... - Actors:
- Rolf Harris, Tim Aherne, Don Boland, Kerry Devlin, John Farndale, Barry McDonald, Albert Muir, Robert Quilter, Annabel Quinn
- Directors:
- Yoram Gross
- Voiced By:
- Paul Bertram, Ronald Falk, Gary Files, Anne Haddy, Brian Harrison, Sean Hinton, Harry Lawrence, Gary Marika, Richard Meikle, Kerry McGuire, Shane Porteous, Barbara Frawley
- Writers:
- Yoram Gross, John Palmer
- Genres:
- Children & Family
- Countries:
- Australia
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