ONE OF THOSE BLIGHTERS

Year: 1982
Reference: F3555
Media type: Moving image

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Year: 1982
Reference: F3555
Media type: Moving image

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Place of production: New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration: 0:51:05
Production company: PALLET PRODUCTIONS
Credits: Ronald Hugh Morrieson: Bruno Lawrence
Les Fenner: Martyn Sanderson
Bert Kassal: Don Farr
Lydia Kingsbeer: Elizabeth McRae
Minister: Terence Cooper
1st Gravedigger: Lucy Von Sturmer
2nd Gravedigger: Noel Appleby
Young Morrieson: D'arcy Norton
Mrs Morrieson: Yvonne Lawley
Headmaster: Robert Gould
Preacher: David McKenzie
Girl On Bike: Melissa Jones
Sheep: Blinkey
Director: Lynton Butler
Producer: Larry Parr
Editor: Patrick Monaghan
Script: Lynton Butler
Script: Vincent O'Sullivan
Script: Bob Rising
Script: Martyn Sanderson
Music: Peter Woods
Cameraman: Bob Rising
Sound: Russell Campbell
Sound: Gerd Pohlmann
Cedric Horn: Ian Mune

After the funeral of writer Ronald Hugh Morrieson, a group of friends make their way in the hearse to a small country pub. They reminisce about Ron and his fall from a respectable young man to an alcoholic musician.

Flashbacks reconstruct Morrieson’s life. Having never really come to terms with the passing of his mother, he virtually became a recluse whose past catches up with him. To end his misery, he takes an overdose.