The Mango Tree

A town of amazing people. A story that crowds a lifetime into a few, short years. And a young man who experienced it all.

The Mango Tree — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 13, 1977
• Runtime
• 93 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Kevin James Dobson

The Mango Tree — Cast

Geraldine Fitzgerald Grandma Carr Robert Helpmann Professor Christopher Pate Jamie Carr

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Ben Gabriel Wilkenshaw Gerard Kennedy Preacher Jones Gloria Dawn Pearl Carol Burns Maudie Plover

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Barry Pierce Angus McDonald