Project Detail

Croc-a-dyke Dundee: The Legend of Dawn O'Donnell

Synopsis

Dawn O’Donnell a penniless lesbian in 1950s Australia stormed her way through Sydney’s gay underworld and built herself an empire of drag clubs, sex shops and real estate. The convent girl turned ice-skater was a ruthless business-woman but was she an arsonist, a brothel- keeper, was she a murderer?

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Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
55 mins
Director
Fiona Cunningham-Reid

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Production Company

UK, Australia coproduction

Fiona Cunningham-Reid

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