The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
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The popular Australian comic strip The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie was first brought to the screen in this raunchy 1972 romp. Barry Crocker plays the title character, a carefree Aussie cowboy with an inordinate fondness for beer and "Sheilas". Touring England as a stand-up comic,… More The popular Australian comic strip The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie was first brought to the screen in this raunchy 1972 romp. Barry Crocker plays the title character, a carefree Aussie cowboy with an inordinate fondness for beer and "Sheilas". Touring England as a stand-up comic, Barry runs across several odd characters, including addlepated discipline freak Dennis Price. Also on hand is Barry McKenzie cocreator Barry Humphries, appearing in drag as Dame Edna Beveridge, a character who would bring Humphries worldwide fame and fortune in the 1990s. Director Bruce Beresford, who went on to such loftier efforts as Breaker Morant, Tender Mercies and Crimes of the Heart, breezes through his scatalogical material with the abandon of a schoolboy scribbling naughty words on the sidewalk. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bruce Beresford
- Written By
- Bruce Beresford, Barry Humphries
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Oct 12, 1972 Wide
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Cast
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Barry Crocker
as Barry McKenzie
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Barry Humphries
as Edna Everage, Hoot, Meyer De Lamphrey
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Spike Milligan
as Landlord
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Paul Bertram
as Curly
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Dennis Price
as Mr. Gort
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Avice Landone
as Mrs. Gort
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Peter Cook
as Dominic
- Alexander Archdale
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Dick Bentley
as Detective
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John Clarke
as Underground Filmmaker
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Judith Furse
as Claude
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Jonathan Hardy
as Groove Courtenay
- Ken Kitson
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Christopher Malcolm
as Sean
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Maria O'Brien
as Caroline Thighs
- William Rushton
- Bernard Spear
- Jack Watling
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Julie Covington
as Blanche
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Mary Anne Severne
as Lesley
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Wilfred Grove
as Customs Officer
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John Joyce
as Maurie Miller
- Irvin Allen
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Margo Lloyd
as Mrs. McKenzie
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Jenny Tomasin
as Sarah Gort
- John D. Collins
- Joan Bakewell
- Brad Hay
- Jean Fredericks
- Mary Ann Severne