The Intruders (1969 film)

The Intruders
The Intruders
	Film poster
Directed by	Lee Robinson
Screenplay by	Lee Robinson
Story by	Ross Napier
Produced by	Lee Robinson; Joy Cavill
Starring	Ed Devereaux
Cinematography	Peter Menzies; Ron & Valerie Taylor (underwater)
Edited by	Don Saunders
Music by	Eric Jupp
Production; company	Woomera Productions
Distributed by	Regent Films
Release date	12 December 1969
Running time	100 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English

The Intruders (also known as Skippy and the Intruders) is a 1969 Australian film directed by Lee Robinson. It is a spin-off of the popular Skippy the Bush Kangaroo TV series.

Synopsis[]

A gang of criminals led by Meredith is looking for sunken treasure off Mallacoota, pretending to be diving for abalone. Sonny, son of Matt Hammond, the Chief Ranger of , investigates with their family friend, Clancy. Sonny and Clancy are kidnapped. Skippy comes to the rescue. After a speedboat chase and a fight in the sand dunes, Meredith is captured.^[1]

Cast[]

Ed Devereaux as Matt Hammond
Tony Bonner as Jerry King
Ken James as Mark
Garry Pankhurst as Sonny
Liza Goddard as Clancy
Ron Graham as Yordan
Jeanie Drynan as Meg
Kevin Miles as Meredith
Jack Hume as Curtis
Jeff Ashby as Graigoe
George Assang as Sigigi
John Unicomb as Bernie
Mike Dawkins as Scott
Robert Bruning
Harry Lawrence
Skippy

Production[]

Filming began in October 1968 using the same crew and locations as the TV series. Additional location shooting was done at Mallacoota in Victoria, some 470 km south of the fictional Waratah National Park (Ku-ring-gai Chase) and in Sydney.

Release[]

The film failed to match the popularity of the TV series and was not a box office success.^[2] John McCallum later claimed they:

Got the money back on the film but we thought it would be a bigger success in the cinema. If they could see it for nothing at home, the Mums and Dads weren't too keen to take the kids and pay at the cinema. We sold it to the Children's Film Foundation in England and they did well with it. They cut it down to a 60-minute version and played in Saturday mornings in the cinemas.^[3]

References[]

^ "SKIPPY STARS IN A FEATURE FILM". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 17 December 1969. p. 17. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p245
^ John McCallum interview with Brian McFarlane, The Oxford Companion to Australian Film, Oxford Uni Press, 1999 p 299

External links[]

The Intruders at IMDb
The Intruders at National Film and Sound Archive
The Intruders at Australian Screen Online
The Intruders at Oz Movies

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[1] "SKIPPY STARS IN A FEATURE FILM". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 17 December 1969. p. 17. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

[2] Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p245

[3] John McCallum interview with Brian McFarlane, The Oxford Companion to Australian Film, Oxford Uni Press, 1999 p 299

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