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MEL'S AMAZING MOVIES: THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (TV)
Summary
One in this series from New Zealand about a girl, Mel, who spends her time making home movies with her friends. In this episode, Mel, her Uncle Jay, and her friends decide to make a western movie aboard a train. One of Mel's friends, Murray, learns that the steam engine is about to be put out of service because of its lack of passengers. Upset by this news, Murray devises a way to make it appear that the train is full of passengers when it is time for Jackson, the man planning to shut down the line, to take a head count at the next stop.
Details
- NETWORK: Television New Zealand (New Zealand)
- DATE: November 30, 1993
- RUNNING TIME: 0:14:17
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:34128
- GENRE: Children's
- SUBJECT HEADING: Children's progams; International Collection - New Zealand
- SERIES RUN: Television New Zealand (New Zealand) - TV, 1984
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Janine Morrell … Executive Producer
- Brian Wickstead … Producer
- La Hood, Steve … Director
- Andrew Gunn … Writer
- Amber Smith … Cast, Mel
- Claire-Louise Dann … Cast, Sandy
- Barry Jackson … Cast, Murray
- Jamaine Ross … Cast, Timu
- Smith. Russell … Cast, Uncle Jay
- Christian Boje … Cast, Jackson
- Michael Maxwell … Cast, the Guard
- Gregory Cooper … Cast, an Aussie Tourist
- Serena Butt … Cast, an Aussie Tourist
- Cal Wilson … Cast, an Aussie Tourist
- Roanna Dalziel … Cast, an Aussie Tourist
- Susan Fogerty … Cast, an Aussie Tourist
- Carl Nixon … Cast, an Aussie Tourist
- Jared Corbin … Cast, an Aussie Tourist
- Richard Cosgrove … Cast, an Aussie Tourist