Life at Stake The Million Dollar Children (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Drama

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Life at Stake

The Million Dollar Children (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Drama

The story of the Faraday School kidnapping in 1972, when two plasterers kidnapped six female pupils and their teacher from a school in rural Australia and demanded a million-dollar ransom.

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Updated Mar 17, 1978

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Mar 17, 1978 (United Kingdom)

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33 cast members

Name	Known for
Fredric Abbott Senior Constable Senior Constable See fewer	The Prisoner (1967)
Beatrice Aston Mother Mother See fewer	Homicide (1964)
Peter Baldock Hunter Hunter See fewer	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Howard Bell Deputy Commissioner Crowley Deputy Commissioner Crowley See fewer	Poldark (1975)
Christine Collins Mother Mother See fewer	The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)
Lindy Conyngham Operator Operator See fewer	Life at Stake (1978)
Chris Cummings Eastwood Eastwood See fewer	Big Fish (2003)
Erle Dalby Drunk Drunk See fewer	Life at Stake (1978)
Ed Devereaux Assistant Commissioner Miller Assistant Commissioner Miller See fewer	True Believers (1988)
Frank Duncan Narrator Narrator See fewer	Empire of the Sun (1987)
Gavan Ellis Informer Informer See fewer	Homicide (1964)
Trader Faulkner Lindsay Thompson Lindsay Thompson See fewer	Web (1957)
Suzanne Francis Operator Operator See fewer	Prostitute (1980)
Rikki Fulton Inspector McCulloch Inspector McCulloch See fewer	Local Hero (1983)
Clive Graham Boland Boland See fewer	Johnny English (2003)
Lucia Greenslade Child Child See fewer	Life at Stake (1978)
Briony Hodge Mother Mother See fewer	BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
Lloyd Lamble Chief Inspector Holland Chief Inspector Holland See fewer	The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
Edward Langdon Senior Constable Senior Constable See fewer	Life at Stake (1978)
Sylvestra Le Touzel Mary Gibbs Mary Gibbs See fewer	Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Jacqui Lynch Child Child See fewer	Life at Stake (1978)
Karen Lynch Child Child See fewer	Life at Stake (1978)
Kylee Mapleson Child Child See fewer	Life at Stake (1978)
Bjarne Ohlin Hunter Hunter See fewer	Dark Place (2019)
Edmund Pegge Newsreader Newsreader See fewer	Gems (1985)
Lisa Penlington Child Child See fewer	Life at Stake (1978)
Patricia Perry Operator Operator See fewer	Life at Stake (1978)
David Price Informer Informer See fewer	Home and Away (1988)
Anna Simone Scott Jennifer Press (as a different name) Jennifer Press (as a different name) See fewer	Take My Heart (2020)
Karyn Scott Jennifer Press Jennifer Press See fewer	Life at Stake (1978)
James Smillie Wayne Grant Wayne Grant See fewer	Correspondence (2016)
Colin Thomas Premier Hamer Premier Hamer See fewer	For Queen & Country (1988)
Erin Williams Child Child See fewer	Life at Stake (1978)