WINNERS AND LOSERS: SHINING WITH THE SHINER

Year: 1975
Reference: F3388
Media type: Moving image

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Year: 1975
Reference: F3388
Media type: Moving image

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Series: Winners & Losers
Place of production: New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories: Television
Duration: 0:28:25
Production company: Aardvark-Mune Production
Credits: The Shiner: Ivan Beavis
Harry The Lemon: Bernard Moody
Ballarat Mertie: Harold Kissin
Publican Robinson: Ian Watkin
Also Appearing: Tommy Adderley
Also Appearing: Bob Gould
Also Appearing: Wayne Bell
Also Appearing: Les Hunt
Also Appearing: Ross Browne
Also Appearing: Johnny Johnstone
Also Appearing: Ron Cooke
Also Appearing: Peter Hunt
Also Appearing: Bob Crockett
Also Appearing: Nevan Rowe
Producer : Roger Donaldsonian Mune
Director: Roger Donaldson
Screenplay: Roger Simpson
Adapted From The Play: John A Lee
Photography: David Gribble
Sound: Craig McLeod
Editor: Jamie Selkirk
Sound Mixer: John Carpenter
Music: David Calder
Music: Timothy Clarke
Production Managers: Owen Hughes
Production Managers: Ingrid Strewe
Camera Assistant: John Earnshaw
Hon Mckay: Ian Mune
Director: Ian Mune

During the depression, the Shiner befriended and became somewhat of a legend amongst the swaggers. Through trickery and cunning wit, he was able to bribe the local publican into serving himself and his friends free liquor much to the anger and annoyance of the publican.

Scripts available in NZFA Documentation Collection.

Based on ‘Shining With the Shiner’ (1944) a novel by John A. Lee