The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Crime
Drama
History
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.
1978-06-21
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Cast
Director
Fred Schepisi
Tom E. Lewis as Jimmie Blacksmith
Freddy Reynolds as Mort Blacksmith
Ray Barrett as Farrell
Jack Thompson as Rev. Neville
Don Crosby as Jack Newby
Angela Punch McGregor as Gilda Marshall
Steve Dodd as Tabidgi
Peter Carroll as McCready
Ruth Cracknell as Mrs. Heather Newby
Elizabeth Alexander as Petra Graf
Peter Sumner as Dowie Steed
Tim Robertson as Healey
Ray Meagher as Dud Edmonds
Jane Harders as Mrs. Healey
Jack Charles as Harry Edwards
Bryan Brown as Shearer
Arthur Dignam as Man in Butcher Shop
Robyn Nevin as Mrs. McCready
Michael Carman as J.C. Thomas
Ian Gilmour as Eddie
Lauren Hutton
John Jarratt as Michaels
Thomas Keneally as Cook
Terry McDermott as M.P.
Ray Marshall as Constable in Jail
Rob Steele as Claude Lewis
Kevin Miles as Knoller