Dusty

Australia, 1982

Film

Dusty is a film that will captivate with its value of love, loyalty and the quest for freedom. Based on the classic Australian book by Frank Dalby Davison, this is the story of an ill-fated bond between an old man and his dog. Tom Lincoln, an ageing drover, buys Dusty in a hotel, unaware that the dog is part kelpie and part dingo. He trains Dusty into a champion sheep dog and becomes aware his dog has the killer in his blood. Finally he returns to the bush, set apart from the world by his love for his dog.

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Credits

director

Gil Brealey

producer

John Richardson

production company

Gil Brealey

Duration

01:24:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324107

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q5317162

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