Members of the Grave Diggers Motorcycle Club are being knocked off one by one, and someone needs to find out why! Sandy Harbutt's timeless Australian cult film about a bunch of renegades riding Kawasaki 900s.
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Deryck Barnes | ... | Doctor Townes |
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Sandy Harbutt | ... | Undertaker |
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Lex Mitchell | ... | Ballini |
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Susan Lloyd | ... | Tart |
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James Bowles | ... | Stinkfinger (as James H. Bowles) |
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Bindi Williams | ... | Midnight |
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Rosalind Talamini | ... | Sunshine |
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Jane Gilling | ... | Euridyce |
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Dewey Hungerford | ... | Septic |
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Victoria Anoux | ... | Flossie |
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John Ifkovitch | ... | Zonk |
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Members of the Grave Diggers Motorcycle Club are being knocked off one by one, and someone needs to find out why! Sandy Harbutts timeless Australian cult film about a bunch of regegades riding Kawasaki 900s. Written by Andrew Howard <andrewh@jolt.mpx.com.au>
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female frontal nudity | hare krishna | bikersploitation | outlaw biker | exploitation |Taglines:
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28 June 1974 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
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Undertaker: OK, Go Down, you got it; but believe me, whoever got you is goin' ta get got too; and that's a promise.
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A real life biker gang played the Grave Diggers' rival gang the Black Hawks. See more »Quotes
[at the funeral of Go Down]Undertaker: OK, Go Down, you got it; but believe me, whoever got you is goin' ta get got too; and that's a promise.
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Alternate Versions
Director Sandy Harbutt's original theatrical cut ran 132 minutes, but it is reported that he was relatively unhappy with this version. When optioned for video release by Roadshow Home Video (a division of Roadshow Film Distributors) Harbutt requested that he be able to re-cut his film so that it reflected his original vision. The original Australian video release (circa 1985) runs 98 minutes and carries a "Director Approved" message coupled with Harbutt's signature. It is this significantly shorter "Director's Cut", inclusive of Premium Film's 1995 21st Anniversary re-release, that has replaced all previous versions of the film. See more »
Inspired by The Farewell director Lulu Wang's call to action at the 2020 Independent Spirit Awards, we celebrate women filmmakers working in their field.
If you're looking for the all purpose Coca Cola Universal film then this isn't it. This is a film rooted in context.
Basically this kind of film was shunted aside in the hunt for respectability of Australian film which shunned actual Australian contemporary Austraian life in favour of a white blossoming dressed vision of a genteel 100 years ago. Analyse this as you may but this vision dominated for another decade at least. MAd Max just squeaked in here.
The bikes themselves were very much of their time yet still very exciting even now. The bikers though clunky are not entirely off the mark. The plot itself has its own charm and if there is any question of its legacy 40,000 riders showed up for the 25th anniversary Stone ride.
Again this is nothing for the great Universal film like Titanic but it is still a very tasty slice of 70's Australian culture.