The Odd Angry Shot
1979 • War | Action
Tom Jeffrey
Director
Status
Released
Release date
March 1, 1979
Duration
92 Min
Language
en
Popularity
4.239
Budget
$600,000
Revenue
$0
Overview
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.
Cast
Graham Kennedy
John Hargreaves
John Jarratt
Bryan Brown
Graeme Blundell
Richard Moir
Ian Gilmour
Graham Rouse
Tony Barry
John Allen
Brandon Burke
Ray Meagher
Frankie J. Holden
Joy Westmore
Brian Wenzel
Sarah Lee
Tim Burns
Max Cullen