Classic oddity from the 70s. Pleasence is great as always and there is a compelling circularity about the plot. Surely the outback isn't as bad at this...or maybe thats the point as the central character grows to tolerate and love the things he hates... (read more) Classic oddity from the 70s. Pleasence is great as always and there is a compelling circularity about the plot. Surely the outback isn't as bad at this...or maybe thats the point as the central character grows to tolerate and love the things he hates when volition is no longer an possible.

Captures the essence of the powerful novel on which it's based; yet what disturbs me is the fact that the kangaroo hunting scenes are real. And that's just wrong.

I love this movie, an incredibly dark study of drinking and boredom in the outback. Spiraling darkness and alcoholism combine with late night roo shoots and fights and gambling. Having been in a few outback bars I can vouch for this movie.

At city teacher working in the outback, heads for Sydney for the holidays. On the way, he meets up with some rough and tumble real ozzie blokes and finds out what mateship really means...!!!

Forget Mick Dundee. Forget The Man From Snowy River. Forget drag queens traipsing through the Outback. This film shows the mysoginistic, drunken and violent culture that pervades many areas of outback Australia, especially during this era. Sylvia Kay... (read more) Forget Mick Dundee. Forget The Man From Snowy River. Forget drag queens traipsing through the Outback. This film shows the mysoginistic, drunken and violent culture that pervades many areas of outback Australia, especially during this era. Sylvia Kay looking at Donald Pleasance as she refers to her dog as a "slut" and Donald Pleasance's miserable face looking back at her lustfully hopeful yet despondent for the fact that he knows she is taunting his middle-aged, sexless, loner figure is fantastic. This film has actually been lost, however a reel of it may have been found recently; so it is actually difficult to find and view.