''A Few Less Men'' is a 2017 Australian
adventure
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comedy film
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directed by Mark Lamprell and written by
Dean Craig
Dean Craig (born 25 October 1974) is an English screenwriter and film director. In addition to his film work, Craig wrote the BBC television series '' Off The Hook''.
Early life
He was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, an in ...
. It is a
sequel
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to ''
A Few Best Men
''A Few Best Men'' is a 2011 comedy film written by Dean Craig and directed by Stephan Elliott. The film stars Xavier Samuel as a young groom heading to the Australian Blue Mountains with his three best men for his wedding. A sequel, '' A Few ...
'' (2011).
Cast
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Xavier Samuel
Xavier Samuel (born 10 December 1983) is an Australian film and theatre actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films '' Adore'', '' September'', ''Further We Search'', '' Newcastle'', ''The Loved Ones'', ''Frankenstein'', '' A ...
as David Locking
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Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Kayd Montgomery-Harvey (; born 22 November 1994) is an Australian actor. He is known for his roles as Billy Hargrove in the Netflix series ''Stranger Things'' (2017–2022), Jason Scott in the 2017 action film ''Power Rangers'', and Stev ...
as Mike
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Kris Marshall
Kristopher Marshall (born 11 April 1973) is an English actor, starring in films, television and on stage for more than 20 years. He has played Nick Harper in ''My Family'', Colin Frissell in the 2003 film ''Love Actually'', Gratiano in ''The Me ...
as Tom
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Kevin Bishop
Kevin Brian Bishop (born 18 June 1980) is a British actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Jim Hawkins in '' Muppet Treasure Island'', Stupid Brian in ''My Family'', and Nigel Norman Fletcher in the 2016 revival of ''Por ...
as Graham
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Ryan Corr
Ryan Corr (born 15 January 1989) is an Australian actor. Corr is known for his roles in the Australian drama series '' Packed to the Rafters'' and '' Love Child'' along with film roles in '' Wolf Creek 2'' (2013), '' The Water Diviner'' (2014) an ...
as Henry
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Saskia Hampele
Saskia Hampele is an Australian actress. She began her acting career in 1997 with an appearance in children's television series '' The Gift''. Hampele worked as a counselor at The Reach Foundation and the Royal Children's Hospital, while pursui ...
as Angie
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Deborah Mailman
Deborah Jane Mailman (born 14 July 1972) is an Australian television and film actress, and singer. Mailman played the character Kelly Lewis on the Australian television series '' The Secret Life of Us'' and Cherie Butterfield in the Australian ...
as Sergeant Simpson
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Sacha Horler
Sacha Horler (born 1971) is an Australian actress. Her parents were lawyers, but co-founded Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company in the early 1970s.
Career
Sacha Horler graduated from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1993 and made ...
as Ranger Ruth
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Jeremy Sims
Jeremy Hartley Sims (born 10 January 1966) is an Australian actor and director.
Career
Jeremy Sims was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1966, and was educated at Wesley College 1977–83.
His first appearance on the big screen was as 'boy on ...
as Pilot Pidgeon
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Shane Jacobson
Shane Jacobson (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian, best known as the " Dunny Man" for his performances as the eponymous character Kenny Smyth, a plumber working for a portable toilet rental company, in t ...
as Mungus
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Darren Gilshenan
Darren Gilshenan is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his in television series '' The Moodys'', ''Maximum Choppage'', '' Chandon Pictures'' and '' Full Frontal''.
Early life
Darren was first introduced to acting while he was ...
as Eric
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Pip Edwards as Janet
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Lynette Curran
Lynette Curran is an Australian actress known for many roles in Australian television series and films, including the soap opera '' Bellbird'', and the films ''Country Town'' (1971) and ''Bliss'' (1985).
Theatre
She started acting in the th ...
as Maureen
Production
Filming took place in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...
.
References
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''A Few Less Men''at Screen Australia
2017 films
Australian adventure comedy films
Australian buddy comedy films
Films directed by Mark Lamprell
Films shot in Western Australia
Australian sequel films
StudioCanal films
Screen Australia films
2010s English-language films
2010s Australian films
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