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When shy mechanical genius Malcolm is sacked from the Metropolitan Transit Authority for building his own tram during work hours, he takes in boarders: ex-con Frank and Frank's girlfriend Judith. The trio soon put their specific skills to use in a succession of daring (and variously successful) robberies.

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Works about this Work

Malcolm Judith Lucy , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Melbourne on Film : Cinema That Defines Our City 2022;
"Film is the Art Form of Today" : An Interview With Nadia Tass Isabella McNeill (interviewer), 2017 single work interview
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , June no. 83 2017;
Luke Doolan : The Films That Changed My Life Dov Kornits , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 12 April 2017;

One of Australia’s leading cutters, editor of this week’s cinema release, Colossal, tells us about the films that changed his life.

Luke Doolan has directed an Oscar nominated short film, Miracle Fish, and edited The Square, Animal Kingdom, The Gift and now Colossal, and now comes his greatest challenge – to name the films that changed his life!

Remembering Hit Aussie Film Malcolm at the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra Jane Freebury , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 16 September 2016;
'A film about a shy, retiring type whose love of all things mechanical inadvertently draws him into holding up banks was one of the surprise hits of the 1980s. Yes, Malcolm, who is played with impish intelligence by Colin Friels, is happier in his own world of gadgetry than he is in company. ...'
Rewatching Classic Australian Films : Malcolm Luke Buckmaster , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 25 April 2014;

— Review of Malcolm David Parker , 1986 single work film/TV
Rewatching Classic Australian Films : Malcolm Luke Buckmaster , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 25 April 2014;

— Review of Malcolm David Parker , 1986 single work film/TV
Malcolm Neil Mitchell , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 70-71)
Remembering Hit Aussie Film Malcolm at the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra Jane Freebury , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 16 September 2016;
'A film about a shy, retiring type whose love of all things mechanical inadvertently draws him into holding up banks was one of the surprise hits of the 1980s. Yes, Malcolm, who is played with impish intelligence by Colin Friels, is happier in his own world of gadgetry than he is in company. ...'
Luke Doolan : The Films That Changed My Life Dov Kornits , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 12 April 2017;

One of Australia’s leading cutters, editor of this week’s cinema release, Colossal, tells us about the films that changed his life.

Luke Doolan has directed an Oscar nominated short film, Miracle Fish, and edited The Square, Animal Kingdom, The Gift and now Colossal, and now comes his greatest challenge – to name the films that changed his life!

"Film is the Art Form of Today" : An Interview With Nadia Tass Isabella McNeill (interviewer), 2017 single work interview
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , June no. 83 2017;
Malcolm Judith Lucy , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Melbourne on Film : Cinema That Defines Our City 2022;
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