Just Us (film)
Just Us | |
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Directed by | Gordon Glenn |
Written by | Ted Roberts |
Based on | book by Gabrielle Carey |
Produced by | Peter Beilby |
Starring | Scott Burgess Catherine McClements |
Production company | Entertainment Media |
Release date | 1986 |
Running time | 93 mins |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Just Us is a 1986 television film, based on a true story and the autobiography by Gabrielle Carey, of the same name. Set in Sydney, Australia, but filmed mainly in Melbourne, it starred Scott Burgess and Catherine McClements. It was written by Ted Roberts and directed by .[1]
Plot[]
The autobiography written by Gabrielle Carey tells her story of how she made the 'mistake' of falling in love with Terry Haley, a prison inmate at Parramatta Gaol.
The character's names were changed for the movie, in which, Jessica Taylor (McClements), a young journalist, is sent to a maximum security prison to watch a debate and gather up information for a story she is writing. It is there that she meets long-term prisoner Billy Carter (Burgess), and after a while, the pair fall in love and want to get married.
Cast[]
- Scott Burgess as Billy Carter
- Catherine McClements as Jessica Taylor
- Gina Riley as Cathy
- as Max
- as Royce
- Denis Moore as Christie
- Kym Gyngell as The Mouth
- as Mrs Carter
- as Mr Carter
Filming locations[]
Just Us was filmed in Melbourne, though set in Sydney and Adelaide. The locations of both Parramatta Gaol and Yatala Gaol was filmed using the exterior and interior of Old Melbourne Gaol. Other notable locations included:
References[]
- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p93
External links[]
- English-language films
- 1986 television films
- 1986 films
- Australian television films
- Films shot in Melbourne
- Films based on works by Australian writers
- Australian films
- Australian television film stubs