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Rusty Bugles is a 1981 Australian television film based on the stage play of the same name. Production. Sumner Locke Elliot announced in the late 1970s he wanted the play to be filmed. [1] The ABC filmed it in 1981. It was the second last in a series of play adaptations on the ABC.
This made-for-TV movie from the Australian ABC was a wry, rich and intensely Australian comedy - full of expressions such as dunny, galah, cobber, bludger, and tom-tits - following a group of soldiers stationed at a remote ordnance camp in the Northern Territory during World War II.
Rusty Bugles: Directed by Alan Burke. With Graham Rouse, Stuart Finch, Kerry Francis, Robert McDarra. Bored Australian soldiers while away the hours with nothing to do during the Second World War.
The Screen Guide. Back. Refine search. Rusty Bugles. 1980. TV drama | 73mins | Completed. An ordinance camp in the Northern Territory, 1944. The men are neither in nor out of the war.
All about Movie: directors and actors, reviews and ratings, trailers, stills, backstage. Jack Allan, John Armstrong, Tony Bonner, Roger Cox, Stuart Fi...
Cast. Graham Rouse (Vic) Stuart Finch (Gig Ape) Kerry Francis (Rod) Robert McDarra (Sgt Brooks) John Armstrong (Andy) Michael Thomas (Ot) Jack Allan (Mac) Red Moore (Keghead) Guy Le Claire (Darky)...
Rusty Bugles was a controversial Australian play written by Sumner Locke Elliott in 1948. It toured extensively throughout Australia between 1948–1949 and was threatened with closure by the New South Wales Chief Secretary's Office for obscenity.
