The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
“The chant of the underdog”
1978·1h 53m·en
6.7
Overview
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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Details
- Director
- Fred Schepisi
- Written by
- Thomas Keneally, Fred Schepisi
- Produced by
- Fred Schepisi
- Composer
- Bruce Smeaton
- Studios
- Victorian Film, The Film House
Released June 21, 1978·Australia·$1,380,000 budget
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
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Brian Anderson
Hyberry
Jane Harders
Mrs. Healey
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Julie Dawson
Martha Neville
