Movie
Beneath Hill 60
Overview
The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, technology and science. Few on the surface knew of the brave, claustrophobic and sometimes barbaric work of these tunnellers.
Details
- Release date
- 2010-04-15
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Silence Productions, Lucky Country Productions, Screen Australia, Pacific Film and Television Commission, Screen NSW, Screen Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brendan Cowell as Captain Oliver Woodward
- Harrison Gilbertson as Frank Tiffin
- Steve Le Marquand as Sergeant Bill Fraser
- Gyton Grantley as Norman Morris
- Alan Dukes as Jim Sneddon
- Alex Thompson as Walter Sneddon
- Warwick Young as Percy Marsden
- Mark Coles Smith as Billy Bacon
- Anthony Hayes as William McBride
- Leon Ford as Lt. Robert Clayton
- Jacqueline McKenzie as Mrs. Emma Waddell
- Gerald Lepkowski as William Waddell
Crew
- Jeremy Sims - Director
- David Roach - Writer
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