[BPO]

Hi everyone.

When I was a kid, I saw an old (B&W?) Australian movie, and I'm hoping someone here remembers the title.

It was about a wee boy during the Depression years. His old man was unemployed and an alcoholic. The kid was saving his pennies to buy a bicycle, but his old man took his boy's savings down to the pub one day, so the boy vented his frustration on a pillow with a bat, accidentally K.O.ing his father in the process. Thinking he'd killed him, the kid went bush.

Ring any bells?

I thought it was something like 'Smiley' or 'Snowy' or similar, but IMDb has nothing.

Thanks in advance.

BPO.