The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
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.
Director:
Tom Jeffrey
Writer:
Tom Jeffrey
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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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Peter Drouyn as Sergeant Johnson |
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Ian Gilmour as Scott |
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Graham Rouse as The Cook |
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Tony Barry as Black Ronnie |
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John Allen as Lieut. Golonka |
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Brandon Burke as Isaacs |
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John Fitzgerald as Intelligence Corporal |
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Mike Harris as Sergeant Major |
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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 Lieut. Clifford |
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Brian Evis as Mayberry |
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Sharon Higgins as Bill's Girl |
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Freddie Paris as |
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Joy Westmore as |
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Brian Wenzel as |
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Brian Anderson as |
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Sarah Lee as |
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Tim Burns as |
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Max Cullen as |
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Tim Page as |
| Directing | Tom Jeffrey | Director |
| Writing | William L. Nagle | Novel |
| Production | Sue Milliken | Producer |
| Production | Tom Jeffrey | Producer |
| Camera | Donald McAlpine | Director of Photography |
| Art | Bernard Hides | Production Design |
| Editing | Brian Kavanagh | Editor |
| Writing | Tom Jeffrey | Screenplay |
| Art | Bill Malcolm | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Senior | Costume Design |
| Sound | Michael Carlos | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Roger Cowland | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deryck De Niese | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Buddy Joe Hooker | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunt Coordinator |