The True Believers - Season 1 Episode 4
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Season - Episode
Overview
Communist demands become so great even the ALP feels the need to oppose them leading to the coal miners' strike of 1949, gaoling of some union members and sending in the army to work the mines.
Year 1988
Studio ABC TV
Director
Crew Tony Conolly (Cinematography), Bob Ellis (Writer), Stephen O'Rourke (Line Producer), Richard A. Bond Jr. (Cinematography), John Lonie (Writer), Peter Knevitt (Cinematography)
Popularity 1.0726
Language English


























