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Ginger Meggs

Year:

1982

Duration:

100 min

Genres:

Comedy | History

IMDB rate:

Director:

Jonathan Dawson

Details

Country: Australia

Release Date: 1982-12-16

Filming Locations: Boolwey Street, Bowral, New South Wales, Australia

Cast

Actor

Character

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Ginger Meggs

Mark Kounnas

Garry McDonald

Mr. John Meggs

Ross Higgins

Mr. Floggswell

Gwen Plumb

Miss Leach

Harold Hopkins

Mr. Fox

John Wood

Constable Brady

John Clayton

Mr. Wentworth

Terry Camilleri

Mr. Crackett

Coral Drouyn

Mrs. Sarah Meggs (as Coral Kelly)

Candy Raymond

Alex's Mother

Drew Forsythe

Tiger Kelly

Paul Daniel

Ginger Meggs

Mark Spain

Benny

Daniel Cumerford

Eddie Coogan

Shelley Armsworth

Minnie Peters

Rowan Hillard

Dudley Meggs (as Rowan Hilland)

Adrian McLeod

Ocker

Kristian Harper

Darkie

Darren Flynn

Joey

David Manning

Sammy

Andrew Heard

Jacky

Miranda Latimer

Polly

Monique Benet

Biddie

Bernadette Hockings

Aggie

Sharon Ford

Millie

Marie Lloyd

Miss Sharp

Christopher Norton

Cuthbert Fitzcloon

James Wingrove

Master Wentworth

Justin Ridley

Hookey

Adam Bowen

Radio Presenter

Willie Fennell

Walter Fotheringay (as Willy Fennell)

Beth Gay

Radio Prize Girl

Charles Dunk

Radio Engineer

Jan Gray

Pianist

Sue Collie

Mrs. Peters

Howard Vernon

Mr. Mullins

Ron Ratcliff

The Vicar - Mr. Polly

Lisa Peers

Mrs. Polly

Bruno Baldoni

Joe

Kym Shaw

Joe's Daughter

Syd Heylen

Stablehand

Bob Hicks

Robber

Deborah Foster

Robbed Lady

Eva Sitta

Mrs. Fox

Scott Grayland

Alex

Roger Carroll

Ringmaster (as Roger Carrol)

Kate Parker

Indignant Lady at Circus

Bob Jones

Customer at Circus

Molli Branch

Town Extra

Lauren Snell

Town Extra (as Laurie Snell)

Bernie Ryan

Town Extra

Di Levi

Town Extra

Kathleen Aitken

Town Extra

Fred Roach

Town Extra

Doug Branch

Town Extra

Anne Flew

Town Extra

Lisa Waring-Smith

Town Extra

Judy O'Donnell

Circus Extra

Kate Mathews

Circus Extra

Rupert Burns

Circus Extra

Valerie McFaddyn

Circus Extra

Rita White

Town Extra / Circus Extra

Danielle Wiessner

Circus Extra (as Danielle Weissner)

Kirsten Weissner

Circus Extra

Brook Cowley

Circus Extra

Martin O'Leary

Circus Extra

Emma Jewel

Circus Extra

Did you know?

Trivia

The child cast members stayed at a boarding house in Bowral during filming. Daniel Cumerford (Eddie Coogan) got in trouble for sneaking out at night to go to the pinball arcade. After being paid at the conclusion of filming, Daniel was finally able to buy his own personal Gottlieb pinball machine.

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Co-producer and screenwriter Michael Latimer was married to Sheena Bancks, daughter of Ginger Meggs creator Jim Bancks. Michael & Sheena's daughter Miranda Latimer, who was cast as Polly, is now the managing director of Jimera Pty. Ltd., which produces the Ginger Meggs comic strip.

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As filming wrapped, the child cast members asked dialogue coach James Kemsley to draw a Ginger Meggs cartoon for them to give to the Latimer family as a thank-you present. The Latimers were so impressed with the cartoon that they gave Kemsley the job of writing and drawing the comic strip after Lloyd Piper died in 1984.

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Goofs

When Ginger is on the bicycle, chasing Min and the runaway horse, Ginger passes the same garage twice in two different shots.

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