Fields of Fire is a 1987 Australian mini series about cane cutters in Queensland just prior to and during World War II.
Plot In 1938, Englishman Bluey arrives in the north Queensland town of Silkwood. Two sisters are interested in him, Kate and Dusty. Their mother is Silkwood's matriarch.
Production The budget was $4 million, $150,000 of which came from the Queensland Film Corporation.Roan Callick, "AFTER A DECADE, THE FILM CORPORATION FINALLY FADES TO BLACK", Australian Financial Review, 22 October 1987 p 2 It was shot in Harwood Island, Ulmarra, Clarence River.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p193-194
Fields of Fire II
Fields of Fire II is a 1988 sequel set in the late 1940s.
Plot In 1946 Franco becomes a black marketeer and marries Gina. Bluey marries Dusty after the war.
Fields of Fire III
There was a third Fields of Fire in 1988 which dealt with the story in the 1950s.
Plot In 1951 Gina and her brother Paolo are successful cane growers. Gina is attracted to Rinaldo. The Menzies government holds an anti-communist referendum.
Main cast list CharacterActorSeriesFields of FireFields of Fire IIFields of Fire IIIBlueyTodd BoyceDustyMelissa DockerBurgessNicholas HammondElsieKris McQuadeKateAnna HrubyKateAnne-Louise LambertTinyOllie HallJackoJohn JarrattWhackerHarold HopkinsChookPatrick WardAcremanPaul BertramDaveKen RadleyAlbiePhilip QuastRedJack MayersLoftyBill YoungFrancoTerry SerioFrancoJoseph SpanoGinaPeta ToppanoPaoloRobert RuggieroShortyDan SimmondsShortyDanny RuggieroDawnNoni HazlehurstRinaldoMartin SacksBasiaGosia DobrowolskaIrisMichele Fawdon
References
External links Fields of Fire at IMDb Fields of Fire II at IMDb Fields of Fire III at IMDb