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Plot

An ex-cop, Pete Dalmas, is pursuing a drug runner Mr Big. He visits another ex-cop, Rojack, who has become a drug addict. Rojack gives him a lead to a drug dealer called the Plastic Man. He follows the Plastic Man to a seaside camp and the film turns into a film about the making of the film, with the director and actors discussing filmmaking and drugs.

Cast

*Peter Whittle as Dalmas *

Peter Cummins Donald Cummins (2 June 1931 – October 2024), better known as Peter Cummins, was an Australian actor of stage and screen and chorister who was especially prominent in the 1970s and appeared in some of the most famous Australian films of the pe ...

as Plastic Man *

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as Rojack *

John Duigan John Duigan (born 19 June 1949) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He is mostly known for his two autobiographical fiction, autobiographical films ''The Year My Voice Broke'' and ''Flirting (film), Flirting'', and the 1994 film ' ...

as film director *

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as policeman *Tribe

Production

The film was shot over four years. Half the budget was provided by the Experimental Film and Television Fund. Many people who worked on it were associated with the Pram Factory Theatre in Melbourne.Robin Laurie, 'Some recollections of Life in the APG., ''The Pram Factory''
accessed 28 Sept 2012

Release

The movie was not widely screened however it was given a commercial season at the Australia Twin Cinema in Melbourne.

References

External links

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