
The Odd Angry Shot
1979 • War | Action
Tom Jeffrey
Director
Status
Released
Release date
March 1, 1979
Duration
92 Min
Language
en
Popularity
1.4671
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