| Ben Hall | |
|---|---|
| Genre | adventure |
| Written by | Tony Morphett Ted Roberts |
| Directed by | Don Chaffey Carl Schultz Frank Arnold |
| Starring | Jon Finch Vincent Ball Brian Blain |
| Composer | Bruce Smeaton |
| Country of origin | Australia United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Neil McCallum |
| Camera setup | Geoff Burton A.C.S. Peter Hendry |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC (Australia) BBC (UK) |
| Release | 6 July 1975 (UK) |
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Ben Hall is a 1975 Australian TV series based on the bush ranger Ben Hall.[1][2] It stars Jon Finch as Ben Hall, Evin Crowley as Biddy Hall, John Castle as bushranger Frank Gardiner, Brian Blain as Sir Frederick Pottinger, Jack Charles as Billy Dargin and John Orcsik as John Gilbert. Neil McCallum was the creator-producer and the series editor was Colin Free.[2]
It was a co-production between the ABC, BBC-TV, and 20th Century Fox.[3] It was called the most ambitious drama production of the ABC with a budget of $1 million.[4]
The series was filmed in the Megalong Valley, New South Wales and in the suburb of Belrose.[2]
McCallum said "The series is not an accurate story of the life of Ben Hall. It is impossible in 13 one-hour programs to reconstruct a man's life over a period of ten years. What we have done is to be meticulous in reconstructing the period in which he lived so that the series represents, I think, a very real picture of Australia in the 1860s."[3]
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