The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith 1978  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Angela Punch McGregor, Ray Barrett, Steve Dodds, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown, Peter Carroll, Ruth Cracknell, Don Crosby, Elizabeth Alexander, Peter Sumner, Tim Robertson, Ray Meagher, Ian Gilmour
Based on a true story that took place in the early 1900s, this plot centers on the plight of a half-White Aborigine, Jimmie (Tommy Lewis), who moves to the city when he grows up because he feels like an outcast in the Aborigine world. He gets a job working for a White family (Ruth Cracknell and Don Crosby), and while Jimmie is working for them, a serving girl, Gilda (Angela Punch McGregor), at the estate becomes pregnant. Jimmie marries her to protect her honor. Later, it turns out that Jimmie is not the father, and Jimmie is ostracized. Now, Jimmie employs extreme violence to exact revenge on the racism he lives with in Australia.
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Double Deal 1981  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brian Kavanagh
Cast: Louis Jourdan, Angela Punch McGregor, Diane Craig, Warwick Comber, Peter Cummins, Bruce Spence, June Jago, Kerry Walker, Joan Letch
Peter (Louis Jourdan) is a successful businessman, but his wife (Angela Punch McGregor) is bored with her life. She takes off with a biker on a romantic and crime-ridden adventure. What became of the good Louis Jourdan films we once enjoyed? Too bad.
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Spotswood 1992  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Efficiency Expert
Director: Mark Joffe
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Alwyn Kurts, Bruno Lawrence, Russell Crowe, Toni Collette, Rebecca Rigg, John Walton, Angela Punch McGregor, John Flaus, Dan Wyllie, Jeff Truman, Gary Adams, Toni Lamond, Jillian Murray
Efficiency expert Errol Wallace (Anthony Hopkins) utilizes cold-blooded management practices–until he becomes "humanized" by workers at an Australian family-owned moccasin factory.
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The Survivor 1981  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: David Hemmings
Cast: Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Joseph Cotten, Angela Punch McGregor, Peter Sumner, Ralph Cotterill, Adrian Wright, Lorna Lesley, Tyler Coppin, Kirk Alexander, Jon Nicholls, Roger Cardwell, Jenufa Scott-Roberts, John Edmund, Denzil Howson
The soul survivor, Pilot David Keller (Robert Powell), walks away from his plane after it crashes. Not remembering what happened, he is haunted by the spirits of the passengers, and with the help of a psychic, David seeks the person who planted the bomb on the plane while learning other truths about himself. This marks Joseph Cotten's last film appearance.
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| 1. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
2. Double Deal (1981)
3. Newsfront (1978)
4. Spotswood (1992)
aka: The Efficiency Expert
5. The Survivor (1981)
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