Rose Against the Odds

Rose Against the Odds
Directed by	John Dixon
Produced by	Ross Close Russell Kennedy
Written by	John Dixon
Starring	Paul Williams Telly Savalas Kris McQuade
Production company	Onset Productions
Distributed by	Seven Network
Release dates	September 1991
Running time	182 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$5.25 million^[1]

Rose Against the Odds is a 1991 Australian mini series about the life of Lionel Rose.^[2]

Production

The series was conceived in 1983 and financed by the Seven Network, Film Victoria and Australian Film Finance Corporation. It was filmed in Melbourne, Los Angeles and Japan.^[1]

Cast

Paul Williams as Lionel Rose
Tony Barry as Jack Rennie
Kris McQuade as Shirley Rennie
Steve Jacobs as Frank Oakes
Telly Savalas as George Parnassus
Tsurutarô Kataoka as Fighting Harada
Vikki Blanche as Jenny Oakes
Frankie J. Holden as Tom Price
Rhonda Roberts as Gina Rose
Lorraine Mafi-Williams as Adelaide Rose
Alan Campbell as Young Lionel
Jie Pitman as Young Michael
David Wirrpunda as Young Ted
Jacinta Stapleton as Young Jenny
Tim Sullivan as Reporter^[3]

References

1 2 Malcolm Brown, "BLACK AND BLUE", Sydney Morning Herald 23 Sept 1991 p 1
↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p228-229
↑ ""Rose Against the Odds (1991)"". IMDB. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

External links

Rose Against the Odds at the Internet Movie Database

Films and television series about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

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Comedy	8MMM Aboriginal Radio BabaKiueria Basically Black Black Comedy Stone Bros. TI Taxi

Documentary	Art + Soul Australia Daze Black Chicks Talking Blood Brothers Buried Country Bush Mechanics The Change at Groote Contact Couldn't Be Fairer Dreaming of Lords Fire Talker First Australians First Contact I, the Aboriginal Jandamarra's War Kanyini The Last Trackers of the Outback Lousy Little Sixpence Mabo: Life of an Island Man My Survival as an Aboriginal Namatjira the Painter Our Generation Protected The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back The Talgai Skull The Tall Man Utopia Welcome to Australia

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News	Imparja National News Living Black Message Stick NITV News

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