''Which Way Home'' is a 1991 mini series about a nurse who flees Cambodia
[Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p. 249] with seven orphans. It stars
Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's coming-of-age drama '' The Last Picture Show'' (1971) alongside Jef ...
and
John Waters
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including '' Multiple Maniacs'' (1970), '' Pink Flamingos'' (1972) and '' Fe ...
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Cast
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Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's coming-of-age drama '' The Last Picture Show'' (1971) alongside Jef ...
as Karen Parsons
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John Waters
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including '' Multiple Maniacs'' (1970), '' Pink Flamingos'' (1972) and '' Fe ...
as Steve Hannah
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Peta Toppano
Peita Margaret Toppano (born 1951) known as Peta Toppano is a British-born Australian actress, singer and dancer. She is most widely known for her roles in television soap opera's including '' The Young Doctors'' as Dr. Gail Henderson, ''Prisone ...
as Annie
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John Ewart
John Reford Ewart (26 February 1928 – 8 March 1994) was an Australian actor of radio, stage, television and film. Ewart was a double nominee (and one/time winner) of the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Early life
Ewart was ...
as Ferguson
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born Ruben Santiago Jr., November 24, 1956) is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories. He is best known for his role of Captain Roy Montgomery from 2009 ...
as Jim Waters
*Marc Gray as Billy
*Andy Tran as Quan
*Adrian Kwan as Khai
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Kiet Lam as Haing Sopral
*Mark Ngo as Narun Sopral
*Alina Kwan as Suthy Sopral
*Anna Ngo as Bopha Sopral
*Thuy Le Kim as Lien
Reception
Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald Robin Oliver begins "HERE's a solid, adventure-packed tear-jerker, built on simple foundations, which, if it has a fault, too obviously sets disaster on disaster, tragedy on tragedy, before reaching the ending we all demand."
References
External links
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Review at ''EW''
1990s Australian television miniseries
1991 Australian television series debuts
1991 Australian television series endings
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