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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith   1978     3 stars    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.



Cast
Tommy Lewis Jimmie Blacksmith
Freddy Reynolds Mort Blacksmith
Angela Punch McGregor Gilda Marshall
Ray Barrett Farrell
Steve Dodds Tabidgi
Jack Thompson Reverand Neville
Bryan Brown Shearer
Peter Carroll McCready
Ruth Cracknell Mrs. Heather Newby
Don Crosby Newby
Elizabeth Alexander Petra Graf
Peter Sumner Dowie Steed
Tim Robertson Healey
Ray Meagher Dud Edmonds
Ian Gilmour Eddie
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