The Lighthorsemen
Category: 22
All Genres: War, Drama
Release Year: 1987
Country: Australia
Runtime: 131
Languages: English
Director: Simon Wincer Sound: Dolby
Taglines: They did what they were told...They didn't know it was impossibleThe fall of an empire... The birth of a legend...A true story of war, love and courage.The Lighthorsemen are coming... and nothing can stop them. Writing by: Ian Jones - writer
Produced by: Jan Bladier - associate producer
Antony I. Ginnane - executive producer
Ian Jones - producer
David Lee - associate producer
Simon Wincer - producer
Cast: Peter Phelps - Dave Mitchell
Nick Waters - Lighthorse Sergeant
John Larking - Station Master
John Heywood - Dave's Dad
Di O'Connor - Dave's Mum
Shane Briant - Reichert
Ralph Cotterill - Gen. Friedrich von Kressenstein
Bill Kerr - Gen. Sir Harry Chauvel
Grant Piro - Charlie
Tony Bonner - Col. Murray Bourchier
Serge Lazareff - Rankin
Music: Mario Millo Official Website: Visit WebsitePlot Outline: Palestine, 1917. The British advance has been stopped by the Turkish line running from Gaza to Beersheba...
Plot: Palestine, 1917. The British advance has been stopped by the Turkish line running from Gaza to Beersheba. The latest attack on Gaza has failed. The attacking forces included a regiment of Australian mounted infantry, the Light Horse... Lighthorseman Frank is wounded in a skirmish with Bedouin. He is replaced by a young soldier, Dave, who proves to be a crack shot, but reluctant to fire at the enemy. Dave proves himself during a German biplane attack. Recuperating in hospital, he meets a sympathetic nurse, Anne... The regiment is called upon for a bold flanking attack on Beersheba. But how do you convince the Turks the main attack will come at Gaza? And how do you attack across a desert without water?
Movie Quotes: Dave: Hey, Scotty, you're not Scotch, are you?
Scotty: No.
Dave: Then, why do they call you Scotty?
[Scotty thinks]
Scotty: Cause I'm Irish.
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
There is a dedication to Dar Robinson, a stuntman who died in a motorbike accident as Lethal Weapon was in Post-Production.
Goofs: We know about 40 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: When Amanda Hunsaker is falling, she looks like she is going to hit the windscreen of the car, and yet ends up in the middle of the roof.
Trivia: There are 1 entries in the trivia list - like these:
- Lead Actor Jon Blake was injured in a car accident near Nectar Brook, South Australia after shooting had wrapped on the last day of filming, 1 December 1986.
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