Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) is a born loser from the Sydney suburb of Newtown, and a gambler and a bit of an SP bookie. When he's conscripted into the army to fight in the Vietnam war, he deserts, but in pursuit of money, he falls into debt with SP bookies at the local pub. This film, shot at Kapooka camp, contains one of the only depictions in Australian cinema of soldiers training for Vietnam.
Directed by David Cahill
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Cast
Ken Shorter
Frankie McCoy
Rowena Wallace
Margie Harris
Carmen Duncan
Myra Neilson
Judith Fisher
Peg Clancy
Lyndall Barbour
Mrs. McCoy
Slim DeGrey
Mick Patterson
Max Cullen
Peeper
Kevin Leslie
Ern
Goff Vockler
Barnie
Lou Vernon
Nugget
John Armstrong
Jack Kelly
Peter Aanensen
Sergeant Quinn
Max Phipps
Keith Grayson
Vincent Gil
Lennie Ryan
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