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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Color Me Dead 1969  R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Eddie Davis
Cast: Tom Tryon, Carolyn Jones, Rick Jason, Pat Connolly, Tony Ward, Michael Lawrence, Penny Sugg, Reginald Gilliam, Peter Sumner, Sandy Harbutt, Margot Reid, Suzy Kendall
In this remake of 1950's "D.O.A," Sydney, Australia, accountant Frank Bigelow (Tom Tryon) suffers stomach pains and heads to the hospital where he learns that he has been poisoned. His drink had been spiked with a slow-acting poison that has no antidote. Now, as Frank sets out to track down his killer before he dies, the trail leads to the board of directors of a uranium company. This story was again made in 1988 as "D.O.A."
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 Ned Kelly 1970 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Mick Jagger, Allen Bickford, Geoff Gilmour, Serge Lazareff, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Mark McManus, Frank Thring, Peter Sumner, Diane Craig, Sue Lloyd, James Elliott, Ken Goodlet
By age 20, Ned Kelly (Mick Jagger) had joined his brothers and stepfather as members of a gang of horse thieves. The original crime escalates to murder and the suicides of Ned's brothers. This film is based on the life of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.
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The Survivor 1981  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: 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
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. Color Me Dead (1969)
3. Ned Kelly (1970)
4. The Survivor (1981)
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