The Little Convict ( Toby and the Koala Bear )

The Little Convict (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Toby and the Koala Bear
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1979 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Yoram Gross

Written By:
Yoram Gross
John Palmer

Actors:
Rolf Harris ..... Grandpa
Paul Bertram
Ron Falk
Gary Files
Anne Haddy
Brian Harrison
Sean Hinton
Harry Lawrence
Gary Marika
Richard Meikle
Kerry McGuire
John Hanlon
Barbara Frawley
Tim Aherne ..... Character Actor (live action)
Don Boland ..... Character Actor (live action)

Synopsis:

After failing to sell any of his paintings at a funfair, an artist begins to tell his granddaughter about the origins of his paintings. We are then transported on board a British convict ship headed for New South Wales where we meet six convicts; Toby Nelson (a young boy), Polly Nelson (Toby's older sister), 'Dipper' Davey (an old pick-pocket), Big George (a Blacksmith), Jack Doolan (a highwayman), and 'Silly Billy' (a village idiot). The five men are selected to do hard labor for the military - under the supervision of Sergeant 'Bully' Langden and Corporal 'Weasel' Wesley - while Polly (secretly in love with Big George) is sent to work as a servant girl at the governor's home. Toby in the meantime saves a baby koala after Bully and Weasel kill it's mother while hunting, and keeps it as a pet, naming it Yo-Yo. But when Bully's continuing abuse of the convicts ends in old Dipper's death, Jack Doolan, fearing a similar fate, escapes and Big George is thrown in jail for helping him to escape. Left with only Yo-Yo to keep him company, Toby sets out to find Jack Doolan in order to free Big George. Along the way he meets an Aboriginee boy name Whooranga, who has a strange power over animals. Together with Jack Doolan, our three heroes plan a daring rescue attempt for Big George, only to be faced with making the ultimate sacrifice upon carrying it out...

In old New South Wales a new bunch of convicts arrives including the little convict, young Toby Nelson. Consigned to a Government farm they are subjected to the cruelty of Sergeant Billy Langdon and Corporal Weazel Wesley. Toby escapes and flees into the Australian bush where he is saved from death by the aboriginal boy, Wahroonga. Together, with another escapee, the highwayman, Jack Doolan, and Wahroonga's animal friends, they launch a spectacular mission to rescue the blacksmith, Big George, and Toby's sister, Polly.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 22 February, 2012.