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Our Friends, the Hayseeds is a 1917 Australian rural comedy from director Beaumont Smith. It centers on the rural family, the Hayseeds, and their rivalry with a neighbouring family, the Duggans.
It was Smith's first movie as a director and was a popular success at the box office, leading to a number of sequels. However no known copy of it exists today and it is considered a lost film.
Original Release
03/19/1917
Cast
Name | Character |
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Roy Redgrave | Dad Hayseed |
Walter Cornock | Joe Hayseed |
Pearl Hellmrich | Pansy Duggan |
Margaret Gordon | Mrs. Hayseed |
J. Plumpton Wilson | Parson |
H.H. Wallace | Dan Hayseed |
Vera Spaull | Poppy Hayseed |
Cecil Haines | Lizzie Hayseed |
Jack Radford | Tommie Hayseed |
Peter Ward | Peter Hayseed |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Roy Redgrave | Dad Hayseed |
Walter Cornock | Joe Hayseed |
Pearl Hellmrich | Pansy Duggan |
Margaret Gordon | Mrs. Hayseed |
J. Plumpton Wilson | Parson |
H.H. Wallace | Dan Hayseed |
Vera Spaull | Poppy Hayseed |
Cecil Haines | Lizzie Hayseed |
Jack Radford | Tommie Hayseed |
Peter Ward | Peter Hayseed |
Tom Cannam | Hired Hand |
Percy Mackay | Mr. Duggan |
Nan Taylor | Mrs. Duggan |
Crosbie Ward | Mike Duggan |
Fred Carlton | Jack Duggan |
Olga Agnew | Mollie Duggan |
Gerald Kay Souper | Parliamentarian |
Esther Mitchell | Parliamentarian's wife |