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'''''Cash and Company''''' was an [[Australian]] television period drama, set during the [[Victoria (Australia)|Victorian]] gold rush of the 1850s. It was produced in 1975, consisted of 13 one hour episodes and was shown on the [[Seven Network]]. |
'''''Cash and Company''''' was an [[Australian]] television period drama, set during the [[Victoria (Australia)|Victorian]] [[Victorian gold rush|gold rush]] of the 1850s. It was produced in 1975, consisted of 13 one hour episodes and was shown on the [[Seven Network]]. |
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The episodes dealt with the adventures of Sam Cash ([[Serge Lazareff]]), his partner Joe Brady ([[Gus Mercurio]]) and a helpful widow, Jessica Johnson ([[Penne Hackforth-Jones]]). Cash and Brady were fugitives, constantly absconding from the authorities, lead by the corrupt police trooper Lieutenant Keogh ([[Bruce Kerr]]). Other regular and recurring characters included Jessica’s father in law ([[John Frawley]]) and her servant, Annie ([[Anne Scott-Pendlebury]]). |
The episodes dealt with the adventures of Sam Cash ([[Serge Lazareff]]), his partner Joe Brady ([[Gus Mercurio]]) and a helpful widow, Jessica Johnson ([[Penne Hackforth-Jones]]). Cash and Brady were fugitives, constantly absconding from the authorities, lead by the corrupt police trooper Lieutenant Keogh ([[Bruce Kerr]]). Other regular and recurring characters included Jessica’s father in law ([[John Frawley]]) and her servant, Annie ([[Anne Scott-Pendlebury]]). |
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Revision as of 09:34, 22 July 2007
Cash and Company was an Australian television period drama, set during the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s. It was produced in 1975, consisted of 13 one hour episodes and was shown on the Seven Network.
The episodes dealt with the adventures of Sam Cash (Serge Lazareff), his partner Joe Brady (Gus Mercurio) and a helpful widow, Jessica Johnson (Penne Hackforth-Jones). Cash and Brady were fugitives, constantly absconding from the authorities, lead by the corrupt police trooper Lieutenant Keogh (Bruce Kerr). Other regular and recurring characters included Jessica’s father in law (John Frawley) and her servant, Annie (Anne Scott-Pendlebury).
The series was shot almost entirely on location at Sunbury, Victoria, which was also the same region that Mad Max (1979) was filmed.
Lazareff left at the end of the first series and a second series was created. The main protagonist was replaced by the character of Ryler (Gerard Kennedy), playing the part of a former bounty hunter. The series was renamed Tandarra, to avoid confusion with the first series and removed the “on the run from the law” story-line. The character of Keogh as dropped, and Annie only appeared in one episode. The character of Sam Cash was not mentioned at all in Tandarra, and all flashback sequences from the first series removed any reference to him.
Although the series title is taken from history, the story, events and timeline are of no relation to real life Australian bushranger, Martin Cash, whoes gang went by the name of Cash and Co.
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