Rose Against the Odds

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| writer = John Dixon

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| director = John Dixon

| starring = Paul Williams
Telly Savalas
Kris McQuade

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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| producer = Ross Close
Russell Kennedy

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| cinematography = David Connell

| runtime = 182 minutes

| company = Onset Productions

| budget = A$5.25 million{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108706509/black-blue/|title=Black & Blue|last=Brown|first=Malcolm|date=23 September 1991|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=1 September 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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Rose Against the Odds is a 1991 two-part Australian miniseries written and directed by John Dixon. It chronicles the life of Australian Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p228-229

Production

The series was conceived in 1983 and financed by the Seven Network, Film Victoria and Australian Film Finance Corporation. It was filmed in Melbourne, Los Angeles and Japan.

Cast

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