The Paper Boy
Short Film, 1985, 53 min.
It is 1932 and Joe is 11 years old. When his father John Riordan loses his factory job, Joe gets a job as a paper boy, and his tiny wage is all the family has to live on. Working on the streets, Joe mixes with the unemployed, the other paper boys, the ex-servicemen, the evangelists, the buskers and communist agitators, who are all fighting for survival.
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- Exile
- 1994
- A Woman's Tale
- 1992
- Cactus
- 1986
- My First Wife
- 1984
- Man of Flowers
- 1983
- Lonely Hearts
- 1981
- Salvation
- 2008
- Exile
- 1994
- A Woman's Tale
- 1992
- Golden Braid
- 1990
- Cactus
- 1986
- My First Wife
- 1984
- Man of Flowers
- 1983
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- 1994
Paul Cox
Director (19)
Writer (9)
Producer (8)
Cinematographer - DoP
Editor
Writer
- The Paper Boy
- 1985
Bob Ellis
Writer
Producer
- Cactus
- 1986
- The Paper Boy
- 1985
- My First Wife
- 1984
- Man of Flowers
- 1983
Jane Ballantyne
Producer
Cinematographer - DoP
- Cactus
- 1986
- The Paper Boy
- 1985
- My First Wife
- 1984
- Man of Flowers
- 1983
- Lonely Hearts
- 1981
Yuri Sokol
Cinematographer - DoP (6)
Editor
- Cactus
- 1986
- The Paper Boy
- 1985
- My First Wife
- 1984
- Man of Flowers
- 1983
- Lonely Hearts
- 1981
Tim Lewis
Editor (5)
Cast
- The Paper Boy
- 1985
- The Paper Boy
- 1985