The Leaving of Liverpool
A poignant and forceful saga which traces the fortunes of two English children uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment of Australia in the years following World War Two.
A poignant and forceful saga which traces the fortunes of two English children uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment of Australia in the years following World War Two.
Kevin Knapman
Bert (as Kevin Jones)
Christine Tremarco
Lily
Frances Barber
Ellen, Lil's Mother
Bill Hunter
Father O'Neill
Martin Jacobs
Brother Matthew
Frank Whitten
Brother Jerome
David Kaff
Wilson
Darren Yap
David
Pamela Rabe
Mrs. Lang
A poignant and forceful saga which traces the fortunes of two English children uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment of Australia in the years following World War Two.
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