Sunstruck
Encyclopedia
Sunstruck is a 1972 British
-Australian
comedy film
directed by James Gilbert
and starring Harry Secombe
, Maggie Fitzgibbon
and John Meillon
. A Welsh schoolteacher decides to emigrate to Australia for a better life but ends up working in a school in a dead-end town. It is also known by the alternative title
of Education of Stanley Evans.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
-Australian
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...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by James Gilbert
James Gilbert
Cecil James Gilbert is a Scottish-born British television producer and director. He was Head of BBC Television Comedy from 1973 until 1977. He was probably best known for his work on The Two Ronnies, Last of the Summer Wine and Open All Hours...
and starring Harry Secombe
Harry Secombe
Sir Harry Donald Secombe CBE was a Welsh entertainer with a talent for comedy and a noted fine tenor singing voice. He is best known for playing Neddie Seagoon, the central character in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show...
, Maggie Fitzgibbon
Maggie Fitzgibbon
Maggie Fitzgibbon, an Australian actress and singer, was born in Melbourne on 30 January 1929. Coming from a show-business family, Maggie is the sister of the late Smacka Fitzgibbon. She began her career as operatic soprano Margaret Fitzgibbon with the Tivoli Circuit in 1946 before graduating to...
and John Meillon
John Meillon
John Meillon was an Australian actor, most widely known outside Australia for his role as Walter Reilly in the films "Crocodile" Dundee and "Crocodile" Dundee II. He also voiced Victoria Bitter beer commercials until his death.-Biography:Meillon was born in Mosman, Sydney...
. A Welsh schoolteacher decides to emigrate to Australia for a better life but ends up working in a school in a dead-end town. It is also known by the alternative title
Alternative title
An alternative title is a film distribution device. Films are commonly released under a different title when they are screened or sold in a different country. This can vary from small alteration to the title, such as the addition of The, to wholesale changes...
of Education of Stanley Evans.
Cast
- Harry SecombeHarry SecombeSir Harry Donald Secombe CBE was a Welsh entertainer with a talent for comedy and a noted fine tenor singing voice. He is best known for playing Neddie Seagoon, the central character in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show...
- Stanley Evans - Maggie FitzgibbonMaggie FitzgibbonMaggie Fitzgibbon, an Australian actress and singer, was born in Melbourne on 30 January 1929. Coming from a show-business family, Maggie is the sister of the late Smacka Fitzgibbon. She began her career as operatic soprano Margaret Fitzgibbon with the Tivoli Circuit in 1946 before graduating to...
- Shirley Marshall - John MeillonJohn MeillonJohn Meillon was an Australian actor, most widely known outside Australia for his role as Walter Reilly in the films "Crocodile" Dundee and "Crocodile" Dundee II. He also voiced Victoria Bitter beer commercials until his death.-Biography:Meillon was born in Mosman, Sydney...
- Mick Cassidy - Peter WhittlePeter WhittlePeter Whittle is a mathematician and statistician, working in the fields of stochastic nets, optimal control, time series analysis, stochastic optimization and stochastic dynamics...
- Pete Marshall - Dennis Jordan - Steve Cassidy
- Dawn LakeDawn LakeDawn Lake was an Australian television comedian, singer, entertainer and actor, whose career spanned more than four decades. Bert Newton described her as "our greatest comedienne - Australia's Lucille Ball"...
- Sal Cassidy - Bobby LimbBobby LimbBobby Limb AO OBE was an Australian pioneering radio and television entertainer of the 1960s and 1970s.-Career:...
- Bill - Norm Erskine - Norm
- Jack AllenJack AllenJack Allen may refer to:* Jack Allen * Jack Allen * Jack Allen * Jack Allen , Unionist in Northern Ireland* John F...
- Banjo - Roger CoxRoger CoxRoger Cox is a former English cricketer. Cox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire....
- Ben - Tommy Mack - Gunboat