Jamie Carr is a young man growing up in Bundaberg, Northern Queensland during the closing years of World War I. Jamie, who is in his final year of high school, was brought up by his grandmother. Grandma Carr is known and loved by all in the town, and does her best to help Jamie through the emotional turmoil of adolescence and a society struggling under old traditions and beliefs in a new country.
Cast
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Grandma Carr
Robert Helpmann
Professor
Christopher Pate
Jamie Carr
Ben Gabriel
Wilkenshaw
Gerard Kennedy
Preacher Jones
Gloria Dawn
Pearl
Carol Burns
Maudie Plover
Barry Pierce
Angus McDonald
Diane Craig
Miss Pringle
Maggie Millar
Laura Montague
Gerry Duggan
Scanlon
Terry McDermott
Somers
Jonathan Hardy
Joe Speight
Gary Day
Constable McHendry
Jonathan Atherton
Stinker Hatch
Tony Barry
Tommy Smith
Kurt Ludescher
Dr. Robards
Tony Bonner
Captain Hinkler
