The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
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In The Odd Angry Shot director Tom Jeffrey provides a cathartic Australian answer to Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter. Australia's participation in the Vietnam War was as much of an alienating and soul-searching experience for Australians as for Americans, and Jeffrey's frank portrayal… More In The Odd Angry Shot director Tom Jeffrey provides a cathartic Australian answer to Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter. Australia's participation in the Vietnam War was as much of an alienating and soul-searching experience for Australians as for Americans, and Jeffrey's frank portrayal of a group of Australian volunteers casts the war in a different light from the perspective of a Cimino or Oliver Stone. The story concerns a corp of Australian elite soldiers -- the Special Air Service troops (the equivalent of the United States' Special Forces group) -- and the elite group's more pragmatic and hopeful attitudes -- whiling away the time in mindless diversions and cracking jokes. Then one of their own is killed and their feelings about the war suddenly change. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Tom Jeffrey
- Written By
- Tom Jeffrey, William L. Nagle
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 1, 1979 Wide
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Cast
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Graham Kennedy
as Harry
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John Hargreaves
as Bung
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John Jarratt
as Bill
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Bryan Brown
as Rogers
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Graeme Blundell
as Dawson
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Richard Moir
as Medic
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Ian Gilmour
as Scott
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John Allen
as Lt. Golonka
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Brandon Burke
as Isaacs
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Graham Rouse
as Cook
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Tony Barry
as Black Ronnie
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Max Cullen
as Warrant Officer
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John Fitzgerald
as Intelligence corporal
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Johnny Garfield
as Padre
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Ray Meagher
as Range corporal
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Frankie J. Holden
as Spotted soldier
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Roger Newcombe
as Clifford
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Brian Evis
as Mayberry
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Rose Ricketts
as Nurse
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Chuck McKinney
as 1st Marine
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Freddie Paris
as Marine
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Joy Westmore
as Bill's mum
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Brian Wenzel
as Bill's Dad
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Sharon Higgins
as Bill's Girl
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Sarah Lee
as Bar Girl
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Brian Anderson
as Barman
