When his precious cache of opals is stolen, 14-year-old Ernie, who lives with his alcoholic father in the harsh and lawless opal fields of inland Australia, sets out with a friend determined to find the thief.[citation needed]
fire, stone, 1984, australian, made, television, drama, about, teenagers, town, coober, pedy, based, 1973, novel, same, name, colin, thiele, directed, bygary, conwaywritten, bygraeme, koetsveldbased, onby, colin, thielestarringalan, cassellpaul, smithray, meag. The Fire in the Stone is a 1984 Australian made for television drama about teenagers in the town of Coober Pedy 1 It is based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Colin Thiele The Fire in the StoneDirected byGary ConwayWritten byGraeme KoetsveldBased onThe Fire in the Stoneby Colin ThieleStarringAlan CassellPaul SmithRay MeagherLinda HartleyCinematographyRoss BerrymanEdited byPhilip ReidMusic byBrian BeamishPeter BensonAnita HardmanGarry HardmanProductioncompaniesSouth Australian Film CorporationAustralian Children s Television FoundationRelease dateMay 4 1985 1985 05 04 Running time94 minutesCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot editThis article needs an improved plot summary Please help improve the plot summary February 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message When his precious cache of opals is stolen 14 year old Ernie who lives with his alcoholic father in the harsh and lawless opal fields of inland Australia sets out with a friend determined to find the thief citation needed Cast editAlan Cassell as Robbie Paul Smith as Ernie Ryan Ray Meagher as Dosh Linda Hartley as Sophie Andropoulos Leo Taylor as Borgan Andrew Gaston as Willie Theo Pertsinidis as Nick Andropoulos John Dick as Dingo Henry Salter as Davo George Katsibiris as Stan Andropoulos Alexandra Black as Mrs Andropoulos Don Barker as Harry Ray Wheeler as Herb Henderson Kathryn Fisher as Nurse as Katherine Fisher Jon Firman as Brian Powell Peter Healy as Constable Anne Demidowicz as Jana Odinsky Raymond Jurgens as Kurt Odinsky Mladen Mladenov as Lech Odinsky Chris Sperou as Herman Zeta Boland as Aunt Marna Lorna Hudson as Willie s Mum Robert Gusenza as Storekeeper Rosina Coppola as Storekeeper s WifeReception editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it February 2018 References edit Ed Scott Murray Australia on the Small Screen 1970 1995 Oxford Uni Press 1996 p61 62External links editThe Fire in the Stone at IMDb nbsp Fire in the Stone at Oz movies nbsp This article related to an Australian film of the 1980s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Fire in the Stone amp oldid 1190995791, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,