linehaul

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{{Infobox film

| name = Linehaul

| image =

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| director = Frank Arnold

| producer =

| writer = Tony Morphett

| based_on =

| starring = Jack Thompson
Peter Gwynne
Keith Lee

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| cinematography =

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| distributor = ABC

| studio = ABC

| released = {{Film date|1973|05|ref1={{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110709518 |title=TUESDAY, 15 |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=47 |issue=13,434 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=14 May 1973 |accessdate=4 September 2018 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}}}

| runtime = 100 mins

| country = Australia

| language = English

| budget =

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Linehaul is a 1973 Australian television film about truckie Dave Morgan. It was a pilot for a series that was never made and an early vehicle for Jack Thompson.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p101{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47470707 |title=Big local series planned for later this year |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |volume=40 |issue=49 |location=Australia |date=9 May 1973 |accessdate=4 September 2018 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Cast

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "it's probably one of the best written, acted and directed pieces of TV drama to hit the screen this year. The dialogue was taut and economical. The acting, particularly that of Jack Thompson... was first class."{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|page=83|title=The Robert Morley Romp|date=May 20, 1973}}

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