An American reporter named Sue Charlton travels to the Australian outback to meet the legendary crocodile poacher, Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee, after he narrowly escapes a dangerous encounter with a saltwater crocodile. Intrigued by his near-death experience, Sue invites Mick to New York City. Mick, who has never left Australia before, finds himself facing dangerous situations and unexpected romantic complications in both the outback and the concrete jungle of Manhattan. As Mick tries to adapt to the complexities of modern life, he is pulled between two worlds and must navigate the challenges of cultural differences.
Crocodile Dundee goes to New York City to rescue his girlfriend, who has been kidnapped by a drug lord. Along the way, he encounters various obstacles and uses his unique Australian skills to navigate the urban jungle.
After a plane crash in the Australian desert, a teenage girl and her younger brother embark on a perilous journey to find civilization. They meet an Aboriginal boy who is on his traditional rite of passage known as walkabout. Overcoming language barriers and cultural differences, they learn survival skills and develop a bond in the wilderness.
A schoolteacher named John Grant arrives in the remote outback town of Bundanyabba for a short stay before heading back to Sydney. However, he soon finds himself trapped in a nightmarish cycle of drunkenness, gambling, and violence, as he becomes entangled with the town's rough locals. As Grant's moral compass gradually erodes, he must confront the darkness within himself and fight for his sanity.
My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? was a popular Australian situation comedy series produced by ATN7 from 1966 to 1968. The situation involved a young couple, Wally and Rita Stiller, living in Balmain with Rita's father Dominic McGooley. Also in the regular cast was Stewart Ginn, and later Noeline Brown joined. The comedy of the series came from the clash of two generations living under one roof, a situation possibly suggested by UK comedies Steptoe and Son and Till Death Us Do Part. Many episodes were written by Ralph Peterson. When Chater left the series in 1968 the remaining cast was spun off into a new series titled Rita and Wally but it was found that the character of Dominic was integral to the comedy of the situation and the series ended a few months later. The series had a run of 88 episodes under the McGooley title. Rita and Wally ran for 23 episodes. The program was rated number 24 in 2005 television special 50 Years 50 Shows which counted-down Australia's greatest television programs.
In 1944, a group of Norwegian resistance fighters known as the 633 Squadron are tasked with destroying a Nazi-controlled factory. Led by their fearless leader, a newlywed couple, the squadron faces numerous challenges as they navigate behind enemy lines. With their lives on the line, they must complete their mission to disrupt the German war efforts.
In the aftermath of a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia await their inevitable demise as the radiation cloud slowly approaches. Amidst this bleak landscape, a submarine crew arrives in Melbourne, bringing hope but also the realization that the end of the world is inevitable.
The sensational dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Labor Government by the Queens representative in Australia, the Governor General, Sir John Kerr on November 11, 1975.
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) is a dark comedy horror film set in a small Australian town called Paris. The town survives by causing fatal car accidents and salvaging the wreckage. When a young man named Arthur arrives in Paris, he discovers the town's sinister secret and becomes a target. As the townspeople try to possess his body, Arthur must fight to survive and escape the clutches of the killer cars and redneck residents.
The Sundowners follows the lives of a family of sheepherders in the Australian Outback as they navigate through challenges, adventures, and personal relationships. Set in the 1920s, the story explores themes of love, marriage, friendship, ambition, and family.
During World War II, a group of British soldiers find themselves trapped in the jungle behind enemy lines in Southeast Asia. As they wait for rescue, tensions rise within the group and their moral conflicts are put to the test.
Scales of Justice is a three-part Australian drama miniseries, made in 1983 by director Michael Jenkins. It was one of the most controversial Australian mini-series ever produced, examining corruption in all levels of law enforcement.
Harry Wingate, a rugged adventurer, is hired by a gem collector to retrieve a priceless opal, known as "The Blue Lightning," from Lester McInally, a super-criminal with an army of killers operating in the Australian outback.
Scott, a poor farm boy, is given a wild pony from a wealthy ranch owner's herd to ride to and from school. Scott and his pony soon become an inseparable team, until one day the pony suddenly disappears. Soon after, the ranch owner's handicapped daughter Josie has a wild pony especially trained to pull her cart. But Scott is convinced that Josie's pony is actually his, which leads to a court battle that divides their small Australian town. One child must ultimately lose the pony when true ownership is decided.
Australian television adaptation of the Patrick Hamilton play.
A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long as he is young. He has no other function than being young. With the help of an aged judge, the young man, referred to only as The Lover, contrives a plan to make a change in the way of the world, a plan that will take him years to realize. To succeed, he must manipulate, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, the senator, his wife, the family chauffeur (who was, when young, a lover), and, by implication, the entire well-planned and controlling everlasting secret family.
Ibsen's play, adapted to Australia, concerns a couple forced to answer for their daughter's legitimacy.
A newly arrived Italian immigrant in Sydney, Australia struggles to fit in and adapt to the Australian way of life while working as a laborer and encountering various cultural clashes.
During a Christmas heatwave, a community activist attempts to stop a redevelopment project that is displacing residents in the Kings Cross section of Sydney.
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.