Moving On (1974 film)

Moving On is a 1974 Australian film about a sheep farmer George Collier who moves to a county town. It was made by Film Australia to help draw attention to the problems the rural poor.^[1]

Moving On
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Directed by	Richard Mason
Written by	Anne Brooksbank Cliff Green
Produced by	Don Murray
Starring	Ewen Solon
Cinematography	Dean Semler
Edited by	Tim Wellburn
Production company	Film Australia
Release date	1974 (1974)
Running time	57 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English

Cast

• Ewen Solon as George Collier
• Kay Taylor as Elizabeth Collier
• Ken Shorter as Alan
• Lyndel Rowe as Anne
• Carole Yelland as Pauline
• Brian Anderson as Ron
• Michaelle Brooker as Margaret
• Jonathan Hardy as Anne's Boyfriend
• Jeff Ashby as City Man
• Bruce Spence as Road Worker
• Roger Ward as Stock Agent
• John Fegan as Unemployed Grower
• Robert McDarra as Financier
• Carole Ashby
• Edward Howell

Release

The film was widely distributed through non-theatrical film libraries in Australia and screened on television in January 1974. The writer won an award with the Australian Writers Guild.^[2]