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'''''Bullseye''''' is a 1987 Australian film.
'''''Bullseye''''' is a 1987 Australian film.


==Plot==
It was originally a script called ''Trailblazer'' by Robert Wales about the cattle drive of [[Harry Radford]]. [[Peter Yeldham]] was brought on to work on the script but then left when director [[Carl Schultz]] wanted to turn it into a comedy. The film's release was held up for two years and the movie was not a financial success.<ref name="stratton2"/>
In the 1860s, two friends steal a thousand head of cattle and trek it across country.

==Cast==
*Paul Goddard as Harry Walford
*Kathryn Walker as Lily Boyd
*John Wood as Bluey Mcgurk
*[[Paul Chubb]] as Don Mckenzie
*[[Lynette Curran]] as Dora Mckenzie
*[[Bruce Spence]] as Purdy
*David Slingsby as Spence
*[[John Meillon]] as Merritt
*Kerry Walker as Mrs Gootch
*[[Rhys McConnochie]] as Judge

==Production==
It was originally a script called ''Trailblazer'' by Robert Wales about the cattle drive of Harry Readford, known as [[Captain Starlight]], which inspired the novel ''[[Robbery Under Arms]]''. [[Peter Yeldham]] was brought on to work on the script but then left when director [[Carl Schultz]] wanted to turn it into a comedy. The film's release was held up for two years and the movie was not a financial success.<ref name="stratton2"/>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092708/ ''Bullseye''] at [[IMDB]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092708/ ''Bullseye''] at [[IMDB]]
*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/495199/Bullseye/ ''Bullseye''] at [[TCMDB]]

*[http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6fa3ce9e ''Bullseye''] at [[BFI]]


[[Category:1987 films]]
[[Category:1987 films]]

Revision as of 13:43, 15 October 2012

Bullseye
Directed byCarl Schultz
Written byBob Ellis
Robert Wales
StarringPaul Goddard
CinematographyDean Semmler
Production
company
PBL Productions
Distributed byDumbarton Films
Release date
1987
Running time
93 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$4.5 million[1]

Bullseye is a 1987 Australian film.

Plot

In the 1860s, two friends steal a thousand head of cattle and trek it across country.

Cast

Production

It was originally a script called Trailblazer by Robert Wales about the cattle drive of Harry Readford, known as Captain Starlight, which inspired the novel Robbery Under Arms. Peter Yeldham was brought on to work on the script but then left when director Carl Schultz wanted to turn it into a comedy. The film's release was held up for two years and the movie was not a financial success.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p69-71