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Riptide (1969)

Riptide poster
Genre
action & adventure, drama, crime
Country
Australia
Length
1 season, 26 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
9.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American adventurer gets involved in various escapades around the coast of Australia. He works with local characters and faces challenges in the outdoors.

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What happens

Riptide is an Australian adventure television series, starring American actor Ty Hardin, which was first broadcast in 1969. The show featured a foreign lead actor and a foreign producer, similar in approach to the later series The Outsiders. Co-stars were Jonathan Sweet and Sue Costin, while guest roles featured Australian actors such as Tony Ward, Rowena Wallace, Michael Pate, Bill Hunter, Helen Morse, John Meillon, Norman Yemm, Chips Rafferty, and Jack Thompson. The series was filmed at Australian locations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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