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Squizzy Taylor
4.5

Squizzy Taylor

Jul 07, 1982
This Australian crime drama chronicles the life of notorious, keen witted, acid tongued 1920s Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor. Wormy and diminutive, yet cunning and determined small-time hoodlum Squizzy Taylor rises to prominence and popularity in Melbourne, Australia in the 1920's. Squizzy romances brash moll Dolly and works for bookie Henry Stokes before branching out on his own while being hounded by the police and courted by the press the whole time.
Crime
Monsieur Quigley l'Australien
6.7
Débarqué en Australie avec pour seul bagage une selle et un fusil, le gardien de l'ordre Matthew Quigley pense avoir été engagé pour se débarrasser d'une meute de chiens sauvages. Mais lorsqu'il découvre que le véritable but de sa mission est de "nettoyer" les terres d'un riche éleveur des aborigènes qui y vivent, Quigley refuse le contrat. Il se lance alors dans une guerre sans merci, aux côtés d'une beauté mystérieuse.
Western
The Shark
3.6

The Shark

Sep 10, 2005
Un tueur à gages est embauché par le chef d’un gang de malfrats pour éliminer l’un des hommes les plus dangereux de la ville. Alors qu’il vient d’exécuter sa cible, le tueur découvre que sa mission est loin d’être terminée…
Action
The Highest Honour
5.7

The Highest Honour

May 15, 1982
After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expedition in Singapore, with disastrous results.
Drama
Riptide
9

Riptide

Jul 31, 1969
Riptide is an Australian adventure television
Action & Adventure
Anzacs
6.5

Anzacs

Nov 24, 1985
Anzacs was a 1985 5-part Australian miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the 8th Battalion of the First Australian Imperial Force in 1914, fighting first at Gallipoli in 1915, and then on the Western Front for the remainder of the war.
War & Politics
Rafferty's Rules
6

Rafferty's Rules

Aug 31, 1990
Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.
Drama
Heroes II: The Return
8

Heroes II: The Return

Dec 16, 1991
Heroes II: the Return is a 1991 Australian mini-series about Operation Rimau during World War II. The true and tragic story of Operation Rimau, one of the most daring raids of WW2. In September 1944 Ivan Lyon and 22 Australian and British troops attempted to blow up Japanese ships in Singapore. Just 10 miles away from the target they are discovered and so begin a long and desperate bid to escape to Australia. The series shows how after the war it is revealled that 13 men were killed during the pursuit and that the remaining 10 were murdered by the Japanese in a war crime. Tragically this was covered up and their killers were never charged while the men themselves never received any honours for their heroism.
Drama
Skippy, le kangourou
5.5

Skippy, le kangourou

Mar 16, 1970
Dans le parc national de Waratah, en Australie, Matt Hammond est garde forestier. Il élève seul ses deux enfants, Mark l’adolescent et Sonny son petit frère. Vivant au cœur de la nature, cette famille partage son quotidien avec Skippy, un kangourou astucieux. Le fidèle compagnon est de toutes les aventures aux côtés des Hammond.
Family
The Alien Years
9

The Alien Years

Apr 19, 1988
The Alien Years is a three-part miniseries that first aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on 19 April 1988. It was directed by Donald Crombie and written by Peter Yeldham. It stars Victoria Longley, John Hargreaves and Academy Award-winner, Christoph Waltz. Yeldham later adapted his screenplay into a novel of the same name.
Drama