The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
War • Action • Comedy • 1ч 32м
A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.
TMDB rating:
6.1
(29)
Cast
Graham Kennedy
Harry
John Hargreaves
Bung
John Jarratt
Bill
Bryan Brown
Rogers
Graeme Blundell
Dawson
Richard Moir
Medic
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Peter Drouyn
Sergeant Johnson
Ian Gilmour
Scott
Graham Rouse
The Cook
Tony Barry
Black Ronnie
John Allen
Lieut. Golonka
Brandon Burke
Isaacs
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John Fitzgerald
Intelligence Corporal
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Mike Harris
Sergeant Major
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Johnny Garfield
Padre
Ray Meagher
Range Corporal
Frankie J. Holden
Spotted Soldier
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Roger Newcombe
Lieut. Clifford
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Brian Evis
Mayberry
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Sharon Higgins
Bill's Girl
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Freddie Paris
Joy Westmore
Brian Wenzel
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Brian Anderson
Crew
Tom Jeffrey
Director
William L. Nagle
Novel
Donald McAlpine
Director of Photography
Tom Jeffrey
Screenplay
Brian Kavanagh
Editor
Bernard Hides
Production Design
Bill Malcolm
Set Decoration
Michael Carlos
Original Music Composer
Sue Milliken
Producer
Tom Jeffrey
Producer
Anna Senior
Costume Design
Deryck De Niese
Makeup Artist
Roger Cowland
Visual Effects
Buddy Joe Hooker
Second Unit Director
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
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