The Little Convict
– In old New South Wales a new bunch of convicts arrives including the little convict, young Toby Nels..
In old New South Wales a new bunch of convicts arrives including the little convict, young Toby Nelson. Consigned to a Government farm they are subjected to the cruelty of Sergeant Billy Langdon and Corporal Weazel Wesley. Toby escapes and flees into the Australian bush where he is saved from death by the aboriginal boy, Wahroonga. Together, with another escapee, the highwayman, Jack Doolan, and Wahroonga’s animal friends, they launch a spectacular mission to rescue the blacksmith, Big George, and Toby’s sister, Polly.
20 Dec 1979
English
Yoram Gross
Yoram Gross (original story), John Palmer (screenplay)
Rolf Harris, Paul Bertram, Ronald Falk, Gary Files
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 ...