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Heritage (1935)
Directed by Charles Chauvel
Adventure, Romance, Drama · 1h 34m
In colonial Australia, James Morrison is a young teamster who has two friends, Long and Short. He is betrothed to Jane Judd when he visits Sydney and meets fiery Irish girl Biddy O'Shea, who is just off the "wife ship" – a boatload of women from an Irish orphanage bought out to Australia. James is attracted to Biddy and promises to marry her. James returns to Bathurst to break the news to Jane, but his mother dies and makes James promise to marry her daughter. He feels obliged to honour his old commitment to Jane.
Cast
Frank Harvey
Governor Arthur Phillip
F
Franklyn Bennett
James Morrison
Margot Rhys
Jane Judd
P
Peggy Maguire
Biddy O'Shea
Harold Meade
Frank Parry
J
Joe Valli
Short
N
Norman French
Governor Lachlan Macquarie
L
Leonard Stephens
Greenway
A
Austin Milroy
Major Ross
V
Victor Fitzherbert
William Wentworth
G
Godfrey Cass
Harding
Crew
- Director
- Charles Chauvel
- Writer
- Charles Chauvel
- Director of Photography
- Tasman Higgins, Arthur Higgins
- Editor
- Lola Lindsay
- Producer
- Charles Chauvel
Details
- Release date
- 1935-04-13
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Adventure, Romance, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- Expeditionary Films