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Latest revision as of 06:50, 12 December 2025
1972 Australian film
| Gentle Strangers | |
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| Directed by | Cecil Holmes |
| Written by | Cecil Holmes |
| Produced by | Roland Beckett |
| Starring | Yee Choo Koo |
| Cinematography | Mick Bornemann Kerry Brown Bruce Hillyard Don McAlpine David Sanderson |
| Edited by | Graham Chase |
| Music by | Barry Conyngham |
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58 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Gentle Strangers is a 1972 Australian film directed by Cecil Holmes.
A Chinese boy and a Thai girl have a romance when they meet in a seedy boarding house in Sydney. An Indonesian student is posted to a rural research centre while his wife and child cope with life in the city.
- Yee Choo Koo as Preeyan
- Clem Chow as Lawrence
- Rick Lay as himself
- Eric Lay as himself
- Yanti Lay as herself
- Jennifer West as Miss Emerson
- Lyn Murphy as Mrs Baker
Cecil Holmes spent a year researching and writing the film, which was made for Film Australia. It was shot on 16mm with a mostly non professional cast.[1]
The film was released through non commercial film libraries and screened on commercial television but did not screen in cinemas.[1]
