The Odd Angry Shot
The Odd Angry Shot

Movie·1979·1h 32m

The Odd Angry Shot

In Vietnam, the name of the game is survival.

Country

Australia

Language

English

CineAI Pitch

Why watch this?

Tap below for a spoiler-free 3-bullet take.

// overview

The Story

A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.

Producer

Tom Jeffrey, Sue Milliken

Cinematography

Donald McAlpine

Music

Michael Carlos

Editor

Brian Kavanagh

Themes

australiavietnam warhelicopterprostitutebased on novel or bookbrotheljunglesoldierjungle warfaremilitary

Production House

New South Wales Film Corp.
Australian Film Commission
Samson Productions Pty. Ltd.

Audience Score

61%

29 votes

Skip14%
Timepass31%
Go for it36%
Perfection19%

Where to watch

Region: AU

Streaming data via JustWatch / TMDB. Click a provider to open in TMDB.

// cast

Cast

Graham Kennedy

Graham Kennedy

Harry

John Hargreaves

John Hargreaves

Bung

John Jarratt

John Jarratt

Bill

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Rogers

Graeme Blundell

Graeme Blundell

Dawson

Richard Moir

Richard Moir

Medic

Peter Drouyn

Sergeant Johnson

Ian Gilmour

Ian Gilmour

Scott

Graham Rouse

Graham Rouse

The Cook

Tony Barry

Tony Barry

Black Ronnie

John Allen

John Allen

Lieut. Golonka

Brandon Burke

Brandon Burke

Isaacs

John Fitzgerald

Intelligence Corporal

Mike Harris

Sergeant Major

Johnny Garfield

Padre

Ray Meagher

Ray Meagher

Range Corporal

Frankie J. Holden

Frankie J. Holden

Spotted Soldier

Roger Newcombe

Lieut. Clifford

// crew

Crew

Tom Jeffrey

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Donald McAlpine

Donald McAlpine

Director of Photography

Brian Kavanagh

Editor

Michael Carlos

Original Music Composer

Sue Milliken

Producer

// more like this

You Might Like