A Place to Call Home

A Place to Call Home

96 mins | Feb. 7, 1987

Sam Gavin decides to relocate his family from Houston, Texas to a sheep station in Australia to protect his eleven children from the "destructive influences" of modern American society. Because of business obligations, he fails to join them and, more or less, abandons his wife, Liz, to the hardships of her new surroundings. Mother and children are determined to make a go of it.

A Place to Call Home

96 mins | Feb. 7, 1987

A Place to Call Home
Sam Gavin decides to relocate his family from Houston, Texas to a sheep station in Australia to protect his eleven children from the "destructive influences" of modern American society. Because of business obligations, he fails to join them and, more or less, abandons his wife, Liz, to the hardships of her new surroundings. Mother and children are determined to make a go of it.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Crawford Productions, Embassy Communications, Big Deal Films
Original title A Place to Call Home
Directors Melinda Parkinson, Mark Bishop, Hamish McSporran, Brian Giddens, Russ Mayberry
Writers Linda Seger, Jeri Taylor, Carol Sobieski

Cast

Linda Lavin

as Liz Gavin

Lane Smith

as Sam

Lori Loughlin

as Jenny Gavin

Robert MacNaughton

as Michael

Paul Cronin

as Bob Jakes

Skye Bassett

as Sharon

Patricia Patts

as Sarah Gavin

Richard Alzaga

as Matt Gavin

Philip Amelio

as Patrick Gavin

Bessie Anne Collins

as Bridget Gavin

Kenny Harrison Jr.

as Owen Gavin

Michael Bird

as John Gavin

Tamsin West

as Jane Gavin

Fiona Walshe

as Jean Gavin

Mervyn Drake

as Father O'Leary

Nancy Black

as Joan Morgan

Lawrence Mah

as Wool Buyer

Craig Reardon

as George Gavin

Bruce Knappett

as Shearer #1

Jim Ewing

as Shearer #2