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4.4/10   165 votes
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Director:
Michael Jenkins
Writers:
Bob Herbert (play)
Michael Jenkins (writer)
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Release Date:
5 December 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
He's a fighter and a rebel. She's dynamite, she's dazzling. To the world he's trouble. But to Kathy, he's a hero. [Australia Theatrical] more
Plot:
This drama is set in World War II Australia, where an American Marine, Rebel is recuperating from wounds suffered in battle... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Yanking Abroad. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Matt Dillon ... Rebel
Debra Byrne ... Kathy McLeod

Bryan Brown ... Tiger
Bill Hunter ... Browning
Ray Barrett ... Bubbles
Julie Nihill ... Joycie
John O'May ... Benie
Kim Deacon ... Hazel
Isabelle Anderson ... Mrs. Palmer
Sheree Da Costa ... Barbara (as Sheree da Costa)
Joy Smithers ... Mary, All Girl Band
Cassandra Delaney ... All Girl Band
Antoinette Byron ... All Girl Band
Nicky Crayson ... All Girl Band
Nikki Coghill ... All Girl Band
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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min | Sweden:93 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | UK:15 (video rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Young Talent Time Tells All (2001) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Heroes more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Yanking Abroad., 14 February 2005
5/10
Author: ptb-8 from Australia

Matt Dillon, imported almost directly from The Outsiders (and later Something About Mary) with Australia's one time Pop Queen Debbie Byrne made a rather awkward couple in this 1985 Cabaret musical set in World War 2 Sydney. Produced by local entrepreneur Phillip Emmanuel and taking full advantage of the tax concessions of the time (the infamous 10BA, much rorted here in Oz by unscrupulous 'film makers') REBEL tries very hard to en-ter-tain you whilst clobbering you with 80s kitch 40s style. Most everything in the film is a garish pink or red, with tin icon decor of Sydney and local actors yelling their lines at each other through very broad slang. Matt Dillon plays a soldier AWOL who hides out in Debbie's apartment and apparently falls in love with her. It is all sort of all right. In 1982 a better musical was produced here called STAR STRUCK and REBEL supplants all the OZ kitchery into a 1943 period harborside wharehouse nightclub and adds raucous musical numbers. Only one is really good; most are not. Today it is a curiosity of an attempt at having US stars in Oz pix for overseas sales possibilities. Many films were cast like this like THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER with - believe it or not - Kirk Douglas (!!!!) and Rebel is in this mould. Maybe that should be mold. Dillan looks good, pouts, kisses Debbie and ultimately goes home. It was a reasonable success in its day...but now...all a bit squirm inducing. It would be interesting to see if it is still on Dillon's resume. I think at the time he might have had more fun in real local nightclubs than on the set of REBEL.

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