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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

★ 6.7/10 113 min Crime, Drama, History Australia English

Director: Fred Schepisi

Novel: Thomas Keneally
Screenplay by: Fred Schepisi

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The chant of the underdog

Description

The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.

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Top Cast

Tom E. Lewis Jimmie Blacksmith

Freddy Reynolds Mort Blacksmith

Ray Barrett Farrell

Jack Thompson Rev. Neville

Don Crosby Jack Newby

Angela Punch McGregor Gilda Marshall

Steve Dodd Tabidgi

Peter Carroll McCready

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