COLLECTION · Series · 1974

Rush

Name: Rush
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Duration: 50 min
Rating: 6

Rush was an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1974 and 1976. The first 13 episodes were produced in 1974 and filmed in black and white. In 1976, 13 more episodes were produced, in colour, in conjunction with French production company Antenne 2. Each series featured a different cast with the exception of John Waters.

Source: TMDB

* 6.0 (2)ActionAdventureDramaAustralia

Countries

Australia

Studios

ABC TV

Runtime

50 min/ep

Release

20/08/1974

Score

6.0 / 10 (2)

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Seasons and episodes

Season 1

12 episodes · 1974

Episode 1. Of All The Crowd That Assembled There

1974-08-20 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 2. They'll Yet Regret

1974-08-27 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 3. They Faced All The Dangers, Those Bold Bushrangers

1974-09-03 · 50 min

Hard working miner Mick Draper has done well at the diggings, and plans to form a partnership with his friend Jim Hill.

Episode 4. Toe The Scratch And Never Say Die

1974-09-10 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 5. There's A Change From The Old To The New

1974-09-17 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 6. For That New Promised Land

1974-09-24 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 7. Three Cheers For Her Gracious Majesty

1974-10-01 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 8. Lament The Days That Are Gone By

1974-10-08 · 50 min

When a fever epidemic sweeps Crockers Gully, young Jessie Smith's father dies, and Sarah takes the girl to see the Reverend Mr. Fisher.

Episode 9. Poor John Chow Chow

1974-10-15 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 10. Manners Maketh Man

1974-10-22 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 11. There's A Good Time Coming

1974-10-29 · 50 min

A badly wounded Aboriginal girl, Werowey, is brought to Dr. Woods. Sarah offers to care for her, and Williams is sympathetic and worried for Werowey, but Lansdowne and Fitzalan consider all Aboriginals are savages.

Episode 12. There's Only You, Mate, And I

1974-11-05 · 50 min

No synopsis

Season 2

13 episodes · 1976

Episode 1. Welcome Back Sergeant McKellar

1976-03-01 · 50 min

The O'Halloran brothers dig a well in a lore belonging to the Great Eastern Mining Company. Some company men intervene and a fight breaks out. Patsy O'Hollaran is killed...

Episode 2. The Great Eastern Bubble

1976-03-08 · 50 min

Widow Melanie Parker owns five acres of land which Farrar desperately needs to appease his shareholders, so he hires security man Henry de Witt to apply pressure - but he goes too far, and kills her friend Billy Adams.

Episode 3. Romany Gold

1976-03-15 · 50 min

A gypsy family is a convenient scapegoat when rioting miners seek vengeance on an unknown police informer.

Episode 4. The New Golden Mountain

1976-03-22 · 50 min

Sgt. McKellar confronts Farrar over the mystery of a skeleton and a gold earring found by two miners in a bush grave on Great Eastern land.

Episode 5. La Belle France

1976-03-29 · 50 min

Farrar has a rival when the Chevalier de Vaucluse arrives in Turon Springs and sets up a major new mining venture, with many miners leaving the Great Eastern to work for the new concern.

Episode 6. Farrar's Pride

1976-04-12 · 50 min

McKellar competes against Farrar in a horse race to win back money intended for a young orphan girl.

Episode 7. Live to Fight Another Day

1976-04-19 · 50 min

Sgt. McKellar and Supt. Kendall clash over Farrar's treatment of the Curran family who have settled on crown land he uses for sheep.

Episode 8. I'll See You Dead McKellar

1976-04-26 · 50 min

In pursuit of the notorious bushranger Jack Jessop, Sgt. McKellar captures his girlfriend and shoots dead one of his brothers. Jessop seeks revenge, and McKellar faces a shootout in the main street of Turon Springs.

Episode 9. You Just Can't Win

1976-05-03 · 50 min

Sgt. McKellar and Supt. Kendall both become involved when a kleptomaniac comes to Turon Springs to visit his estranged wife.

Episode 10. The Kadaitcha Man

1976-05-10 · 50 min

McKellar is on the trail of an Aboriginal fugitive, who is feared to be a kadaitcha man by his tracker.

Episode 11. McKellar R.I.P.

1976-05-17 · 50 min

Sgt. McKellar is seriously injured when a bank robbery is attempted while Turon Springs is deserted due to surrounding bushfires.

Episode 12. The Second Oldest Trade

1976-05-24 · 50 min

Three inexperienced bushrangers attempt to hijack a large gold nugget en route to Bathurst.

Episode 13. A Shilling a Day

1976-05-31 · 50 min

McKellar becomes personally involved when Tim Thomas leads the miners in direct action against the Great Eastern in support of a pay rise.

Cast by season

John Waters

Sergeant Robert McKellar

Commissioner Edmund Fitzalan

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