Alvin Purple (1973)
We did it for Alvin!
Alvin is your average guy, except for the fact women find him irresistible and chase him everywhere. He tries to avoid them and get psychiatric help but gets used by the psychiatrists as a gigolo to treat other patients instead.
- Date of release
- 1973-12-20
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (22)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Tim Burstall
- Collection
- Alvin Purple Collection
Casting
- Graeme Blundell — Alvin Purple
- Abigail — Girl in See-Through
- Lynette Curran — First Sugar Girl
- Christine Amor — Peggy
- Dina Mann — Shirley
- Dennis Miller — Mr. Horwood
- Jill Forster — Mrs. Horwood
- Frederick Parslow — Alvin's Father
- Valerie Blake — Alvin's Mother
- Alan Finney — Spike Dooley
- Gary Down — Roger Hattam
- Jenny Hagen — Agnes Jackson
Interesting facts
Alvin Purple is a 1973 Australian sex comedy film starring Graeme Blundell in the title role; the screenplay was written by Alan Hopgood and directed by Tim Burstall, through his production company Hexagon Productions and Village Roadshow.
Production
The film was shot over five and a half weeks in March and April 1973.
The score was composed by Brian Cadd who also wrote and performed the theme song.
Lead actor Graeme Bundell was 28 years old at the time of filming but plays a 16-years old schoolboy in some of the initial scenes.
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