Halfway to Nowhere

Not to be confused with Halfway to Anywhere (novel).

Halfway to Nowhere
Based onHalfway to Anywhere
by Norman Lindsay
Written byCliff Green
Directed byDavid Cahill
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerAlan Burke
Running time60 mins
Original release
Release1972 (1972)

Halfway to Nowhere is a 1972 Australian TV play based on the coming-of-age story by Norman Lindsay. It was part of a series of five Lindsay adaptations on the ABC.[1]

Premise

Bill and Waldo, 16-year-old school boys, experiment with alcohol and women.[2]

Cast

  • Alan Wilson as Bill Gimble
  • Geoff Boon as Waldo Peddler
  • Rosalie Fletcher as Polly Tanner
  • Sally Cahill as Gertie Sparks.

References

  1. ^ "LINDSAY NOVELS ON TV". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 40, no. 9. 2 August 1972. p. 18. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "The Last of Linsday". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 November 1972. p. 42.


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