Movie

The Mango Tree (1977)

• December 13, 1977
• 1h 33m

• Drama

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

Overview

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.

Director

Kevin James Dobson

Writers

Michael Pate

Starring

Geraldine Fitzgerald, Robert Helpmann, Christopher Pate