They Found a Cave
Encyclopedia
They Found a Cave is a 1962 Australian
children's
adventure film
directed by Andrew Steane. The movie was originally made into a book by the same name by author Nan Chauncy
. In 2010, a company called Argosy Films, set up a website to find the production crew and actors/actresses of They Found a Cave and Bungala Boys
for the 50th anniversary.
A few days of tyrannical treatment by the Pinners force the children to seek refuge in a secret cave, where they set up home to await the return of Jandie. Despite Pa’s repeated efforts to recapture them, it is here the children stay until Nigel’s secret trip to town uncovers a plot by the Pinners to abandon the farm and swindle Aunt Jandie.
Cinema of Australia
Cinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...
children's
Children's film
A children's film is a film aimed for children as its audience. As opposed to a family film, no special effort is made to make the film attractive for other audiences. The film may or may not be about children. In Unshrinking the Kids: Children's Cinema and the Family Film which is a chapter in In...
adventure film
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
directed by Andrew Steane. The movie was originally made into a book by the same name by author Nan Chauncy
Nan Chauncy
Nan Chauncy was a British-born Australian author of children's books.-Early life:Chauncy was born Nancen Beryl Masterman in Northwood, Middlesex, England and emigrated to Tasmania, Australia with her family in 1912, when her engineer father was offered a job with the Hobart City Council. She...
. In 2010, a company called Argosy Films, set up a website to find the production crew and actors/actresses of They Found a Cave and Bungala Boys
Bungala Boys
-Cast:* Peter Couldwell - Tony Wakeford* Alan Dearth - Brian Wakeford* Terry Bentley - Normie* Julie Youatt - Nancy Phelan* Ross Vidal - Timmy...
for the 50th anniversary.
Plot
Four English orphans – Cherry, Nigel, Brick and Nippy – migrate to Tasmania, to the care of their Aunt Jandie on her farm outside Hobart. Their arrival is greeted with enthusiasm by young farm boy Tas, and weeks of exploration and good times follow before Aunt Jandie enters hospital, leaving the children in the care of Ma and Pa Pinner, her foreman and housekeeper.A few days of tyrannical treatment by the Pinners force the children to seek refuge in a secret cave, where they set up home to await the return of Jandie. Despite Pa’s repeated efforts to recapture them, it is here the children stay until Nigel’s secret trip to town uncovers a plot by the Pinners to abandon the farm and swindle Aunt Jandie.
Cast
- Beryl Meekin - Ma Pinner
- Mervyn Wiss - Pa Pinner
- Barbara Manning - Aunt Jandie
- Anne Davies - Cherry
- Christopher Horner - Tas
- Michael Nation - Nigel
- Michael Woolword - Nippy
- Peter ConradPeter Conrad (academic)Peter Conrad is an Australian-born academic specializing in English literature, currently teaching at Christ Church at Oxford University....
- Brick