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Adaptation of
A Salute to the Great McCarthy
1970
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1975...
1975
The Great McCarthy
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Film Details - Stoney Creek Films , 1975
Producers:
David Baker (Producer)
Alan Benjamin (Associate Producer)
Richard Brennan (Executive Producer)
Production Companies:
Stony Creek Films
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Development Corporation
Director of Photography:
Bruce McNaughton
Editors:
John Scott
Production Designers:
David Copping
Composer:
Bruce Smeaton
Cast:
John Jarratt (McCarthy), Judy Morris (Miss Russell), Kate Fitzpatrick (Andrea), Sandra McGregor (Vera), Barry Humphries (Col. Ball-Miller), John Frawley (Webster), Colin Croft (Tranter), Chris Haywood (Warburton), Colin Drake (Ackerman), Ron Fraser (Twentyman), Max Gillies (Stan), Dennis Miller (Macguinness), Lou Richards (Lou Arnold), Jim Bowles (Les), Jack Dyer (Jack Diehard), Bruce Spence (Bill Dean), Peter Cummins (Rerk), Cul Cullen (McCarthy Sr), Maurie Fields (Company Director), Laidley Mort (Henry), Tim Robertson (Herb), Sally Conabere (Nurse), Jon Finlayson (Vincent), John Derum (Flatulent Man), Tina Bursill (Miss Deevil), Alan Hardy (Drive-in Attendant), David Atkins (Kid in Cubicle), Terry Norris (Vera's Dad), Frank Wilson (Mayor), Vivean Gray (Mrs Thompson), Myrtle Woods (Myrtle), Bill Garner (Bearded Player), Max Meldrum, Luigi Villani, Burt Cooper, Bill Bennett, Cliff Ellen, John Stanton, Ron Pinnell.
Release Dates:
1. Australian premiere, 4 August 1975
2. Released in Australia on videocassette format in 1989 by Stoney Creek Films. Re-released on DVD format in 2004 by Umbrella Entertainment.
Location:
- Melbourne, Victoria
Awards:
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1975), Best Supporting Actor - Barry Humphries (winner)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1975), Best Original Music Score - Bruce Smeaton (winner)
Notes:
1. Hal McElroy (Assistant Director)
2. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980, q.v.), pp.365-366.
