The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
The chant of the underdog
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.
- Date of release
- 1978-06-21
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (69)
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, History
- Director
- Fred Schepisi
Casting
- 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
- Ruth Cracknell — Mrs. Heather Newby
- Elizabeth Alexander — Petra Graf
- Peter Sumner — Dowie Steed
- Tim Robertson — Healey
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