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16 June 1975 (Australia) moreTagline:
" ...so the toughest bloke in the toughest pub sent me down a beer . . . I know I'm only 21, but I AM the gun shearer . . ." morePlot:
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3 wins moreUser Comments:
One of Austalia's best films moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Thompson | ... | Foley |
| Max Cullen | ... | Tim King |
| Robert Bruning | ... | Tom |
| Jerry Thomas | ... | Basher |
| Peter Cummins | ... | Arthur Black |
 | John Ewart | ... | Ugly |
| Sean Scully | ... | Beresford |
| Reg Lye | ... | Old Garth |
| Laurie Rankin | ... | Station hand |
 | Lisa Peers | ... | Sheila Dawson |
| Gregory Apps | ... | Michael Simpson |
| Doug Lihou | ... | Rousie |
| Ken Weaver | ... | Quinn |
| Curt Jansen | ... | Wentworth |
| Phyllis Ophel | ... | Ivy |
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The first film produced by the South Australian Film Corporation. moreSoundtrack:
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This movie would definitely make my personal top ten. Along with "The Odd Angry Shot", "The Club", and "Newsfront" this is one of the highlights of that golden age of Aussie movies made in the mid 70s to the mid 80's.
Jack Thompson is magnificent as the chief shearer (I think the technical term is "Ringer") of an itinerant gang of shearers who arrive at sheep station to work. The wonderful photography captures the heat and dust of the landscape as well as the harsh living and working conditions.
The main dramatic event in the movie centres around a strike by the shearers and the owners attempts to break it using scab labour. In this aspect it gives a nod to the political agenda portrayed in "Newsfront". There are some great character roles by minor players, the sub plot involving the awful cook is a little gem. Which pretty much sums up the film, not a major epic or Hollywood rubbish, just a good honest well made movie that bears repeated viewing.