Linehaul is a 1973 Australian television film about truckie Dave Morgan. It was a pilot for a series that was never made and an early vehicle for Jack Thompson.[2][3]

Linehaul
Directed byFrank Arnold
Written byTony Morphett
StarringJack Thompson
Peter Gwynne
Keith Lee
Production
company
ABC
Distributed byABC
Release date
May 1973[1]
Running time
100 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

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Reception edit

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "it's probably one of the best written, acted and directed pieces of TV drama to hit the screen this year. The dialogue was taut and economical. The acting, particularly that of Jack Thompson... was first class."[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "TUESDAY, 15". The Canberra Times. Vol. 47, no. 13, 434. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 May 1973. p. 16. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p101
  3. ^ "Big local series planned for later this year". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 40, no. 49. Australia. 9 May 1973. p. 10. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "The Robert Morley Romp". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 May 1973. p. 83.

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