Number 96 (1974)

Director:

Peter Bernardos

Writers:

David Sale (writer)
Johnny Whyte (writer)

Release Date:

May 1974 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A major Australian motion picture in color with all your favourite stars!

Plot:

Further adventures of the "Number 96" (1972) crew, on the big screen. After a devastating experience at...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Female Frontal Nudity | Gay Interest | Pretty Girl | Male Nudity

Cast

Johnny Lockwood	...	Aldo Godolfus
Philippa Baker	...	Roma Godolfus
Gordon McDougall	...	Les Whittaker
Sheila Kennelly	...	Norma Whittaker
Pat McDonald	...	Dorrie Evans
Ron Shand	...	Herb Evans
Bunny Brooke	...	Flo Patterson
Joe Hasham	...	Don Finlayson
Tom Oliver	...	Jack Sellars
Rebecca Gilling	...	Diana Moore
Lynn Rainbow	...	Sonia Hunter
Alister Smart	...	Duncan Hunter
James Elliott	...	Alf Sutcliffe
Elisabeth Kirkby	...	Lucy Sutcliffe
Jeff Kevin	...	Arnold Feather

Also Known As:

No. 96

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Cash-Harmon Productions

Trivia:

A kiss between Don Finlayson and Simon Carr was seemingly excised from all of the currently-existing film-prints at some point after the film hit cinemas; consequently the sequence is no longer known to exist.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: The boom mic's shadow is clearly visible on Flat 3's wall as Dorrie Evans and Flo Patterson return from bowling, just before Horace Deerman appears from the bathroom.

Movie Connections:

References Gone with the Wind (1939)

Soundtrack:

Paperboy, theme from 'Number 96'

Number 96 is a wonderful Australian comedy movie

Number 96 encapsulates the best of the 1970s TV series of the same name which has been a major influence on more recent comedy shows like Kath & Kim. Number 96 also captures the flavour of the 1970s in Australia which was a transitional time from the values of the 195os represented by Dorry Evans to the coming of age of the baby boomers most strongly portrayed by Don Finlayson. The different values are not, however, placed in conflict, but are presented as a continuum comically sharing the same world.

As the movie is about the lives of the occupants of a block of flats in Paddington, the film is fast paced and holds your attention as you jump from a snippet of the life of one character to another which are all finally connected through various events at the flats. Apparently some viewers became so engrossed in the TV series that the makers received requests from viewers for a a flat at Number 96.