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Director:
Igor Auzins
Writer:
Forest Redlich (writer)
Release Date:
October 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
Tagline:
A good time movie! [Video Australia] more
Plot:
Two fun-loving carnival workers take a vacation with the hope of finding plenty of sex and drugs. Their "quest" is fulfilled when they encounter a dope-peddler and two exotic nightclub dancers. | add synopsis
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girls, gangsters, and good times! more (3 total)

Cast

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Joseph Bottoms ... Texas
Grigor Taylor ... Albee (as Greg Taylor)
Wendy Hughes ... Barbie
John Clayton ... Arnold

Judy Davis ... Lynn
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christine Amor ... First Teenage Girl
Simon Chilvers ... Sideshow Boss
Chantal Contouri ... Bus Hostess
Peter Cummins ... Bus driver
Terry Gill ... Nightclub Waiter
Robert Hewitt ... Frank
Sandra McGregor ... Susie
Gus Mercurio ... Ernie
Mario Milano ... Country Fighter
Steve Millichamp ... Bouncer (as Steven Millichamp)
Katie Morgan ... Girl at Motel (as Katy Morgan)
Terry Norris ... Farmer
Sean Scully ... Policeman
Peter Thompson ... Fat Man
Gil Tucker ... Second Shooter
Marilyn Vernon ... Second Teenage Girl
Roger Ward ... Lol
Paul Young ... First Shooter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
High Rolling in a Hot Corvette
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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:R | USA:PG
Company:
Hexagon Productions more

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girls, gangsters, and good times!, 25 May 2004
Author: petershelleyau from Sydney, Australia

Any tax concessions the producer of this film gained by importing an American actor for this Australian film are totally outweighed by the charmless performance he delivers.

Buddy comedies are dependent on goodwill towards men who frequently act like adolescents. However as the instigator of bad behavior here, Joseph Bottoms is truly obnoxious. He combines arrogance with method self-indulgence, and seems to only have a career because of his handsomeness. At least, Grigor Taylor as his partner conveys some personality, within the general stupidity of the treatment.

This film is largely forgettable, and only worth noting apart for a series of freeze frames, for the film debut of Judy Davis. Although she is not given one decent close-up, she does project a likable combination of innocence and spunk, and she has a brief lyrical walk on the beach. Regrettably for her, she has to endure a beach scene with a beaten Bottoms at his worst.

The screenplay is offensive in its heterosexual double standards. Women are presented as objects, with the lesbian fantasy being the ultimate turn-on. But at the same time, Bottoms and Taylor are always touching each other, and we have the standard predatory older gay man who also hates women.

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