The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978
The chant of the underdog
Directed by Fred Schepisi
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The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
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- Director
- Fred Schepisi
- Written by
- Thomas Keneally, Fred Schepisi
- Produced by
- Fred Schepisi
- Composer
- Bruce Smeaton
- Cinematographer
- Ian Baker
- Editor
- Brian Kavanagh
- Studios
- Victorian Film, The Film House
- Origin country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Language
- English
- TMDB
- 6.7/10 (69 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 100% Fresh
- IMDb
- 7.3/10 (2,646 votes)
Cast
Tom E. Lewis
Jimmie Blacksmith
Freddy Reynolds
Mort Blacksmith
Ray Barrett
Farrell
Jack Thompson
Rev. Neville
Don Crosby
Jack Newby
Angela Punch McGregor
Gilda Marshall
Steve Dodd
Tabidgi
Peter Carroll
McCready
Ruth Cracknell
Mrs. Heather Newby
Elizabeth Alexander
Petra Graf
Peter Sumner
Dowie Steed
Tim Robertson
Healey
Ray Meagher
Dud Edmonds
Brian Anderson
Hyberry
Jane Harders
Mrs. Healey
Julie Dawson
Martha Neville
Jack Charles
Harry Edwards
Bryan Brown
Shearer
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