Dalkeith
7.1
“Old age is a bitch!”
Tells the true story of the residents at Dalkeith Residential Home who sit around every day just waiting to die until staff buy them a greyhound. Naming the dog Dalkeith after the home, they discover she is a phenomenal runner and she is soon entered into the greyhound races. Soon residents are betting on the outcome of the races, and they are given a new reason to live. But the board of trustees learn what is going on, through the disgruntled daughter of one of the residents, and heavily handedly put an end to the fun and games. After the board's intervention the residents sink into a new form of despair as life becomes even duller and more boring than before. That is until the aloof pensioner, played by Ray Barrett, reveals he was once a high profile barrister and challenges the decision in court.
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Cast
29 people
Ray Barrett
Tarquin St John Smythe
Known for
Thunderbirds
Faraway Downs
Esme Melville
Maisie Carter
Also in
After the Deluge
Romulus, My Father
John Chase
Leigh Sheehan
Frank Strangio
Gus Mercurio
Enzo Petroni
Known for
The Blue Lagoon
Crocodile Dundee II
Johnie Chase
Youichi Hayashi
Alan Hopgood
Mick
Known for
Knowing
Roadgames
Ruvi Herzog
Judy Banks
Doris
Also in
The Flying Doctors
Ruvi Herzov
Leigh Sheehan Director · Victor Kazan Screenplay Frank Strangio Composer
Budget $900K · First release May 22, 2001 · Produced in Australia
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Budget
$900,000
Production
Transfilm Corporation
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · May 22, 2001
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
July 7, 2002 · Commonwealth Film Festival
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