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1974

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
27A 27A 27A is a 1974 Australian film directed by Esben Storm. At the AFI Awards it won in the Best Actor and Best Fiction categories.-Cast:Robert McDarra as Billy DonaldBill Hunter as Cornish*Graham Corry as Peter Newman...				AFI winner for Best Film
Alvin Purple Rides Again Alvin Purple Rides Again Alvin Purple Rides Again is a 1974 Australian sex-comedy film sequel to Alvin Purple. It was directed by David Bilcock and Robin Copping. It was rated M unlike its predecessor which was rated R. Alvin Rides Again still features a lot of full frontal nudity.-Plot:The irresistible Alvin Purple...	David Bilcock, Robin Copping	Graeme Blundell Graeme Blundell Graeme Blundell is an Australian actor, director, producer, writer and biographer.Blundell was born in Melbourne; he grew up in Clifton Hill, a suburb of Melbourne... , Alan Finney Alan Finney Alan Finney is a former footballer who played for Sheffield Wednesday and Doncaster Rovers, featuring in over 500 games during his time at Hillsborough and the consistency of his performances made a popular member of the team among the Club's supporters.-Football career:Alan Finney joined... , Gus Mercurio Gus Mercurio Augustino Eugenio "Gus" Mercurio was an American-born Australian character actor who appeared on both film and television.-Early life :... , Noel Ferrier Noel Ferrier Noel Ferrier AM was an Australian television personality, stage and film actor, raconteur and theatrical producer. He had an extensive theatre career which spanned over fifty years.-Biography:...	Comedy	IMDb
Australia After Dark	John D. Lamond John D. Lamond John D. Lamond is an Australian film director, producer and writer best known for directing such films as Felicity, A Slice of Life, Breakfast in Paris and Nightmares....		Documentary	IMDb
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own Barry McKenzie Holds His Own Barry McKenzie Holds His Own is the 1974 sequel to the 1972 Australian comedy film The Adventures of Barry McKenzie.Returning from the original film is Barry Crocker in the title role, as well as Barry Humphries in the role of Barry's aunt, Dame Edna. Also returning in the director's chair is Bruce...	Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...	Barry Crocker Barry Crocker Barry Hugh Crocker OAM is a popular Australian singer, with a crooning vocal style.-Biography:... , Barry Humphries Barry Humphries John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE is an Australian comedian, satirist, dadaist, artist, author and character actor, best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife and "gigastar", and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attaché to the... , Donald Pleasence Donald Pleasence Sir Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, was a British actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades... , Dick Bentley Dick Bentley Charles Walter "Dick" Bentley , born in Melbourne, Australia, was a comedian and actor. He starred with Jimmy Edwards in Take It From Here for BBC Radio....	Comedy	IMDb
Between Wars Between Wars Between Wars is an Australian 1974 drama/war film released on 15 November 1974. It was directed by Michael Thornhill and written by Frank Moorhouse.-Awards:...	Michael Thornhill Michael Thornhill Michael Thornhill is a film producer, screenwriter, and director.He has a background in freelance journalism and publishing including working as a film critic....	Corin Redgrave Corin Redgrave Corin William Redgrave was an English actor and political activist.-Early life:Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson... , Judy Morris Judy Morris Judy Morris is an Australian actress, film director and screenwriter, well known for the variety of roles she played in 54 different television shows and films, but most recently for co-writing a musical epic about the life of penguins in Antarctica which became Happy Feet, Australia's largest...	Drama / History / War	IMDb
The Cars That Ate Paris The Cars that Ate Paris The Cars That Ate Paris is a 1974 Australian horror comedy film. Directed by Peter Weir, it was his first feature film. Shot mostly in the rural town of Sofala, New South Wales, the film is set in the fictional town of Paris in which most of the inhabitants appear to be directly, or indirectly,...	Peter Weir Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office...	John Meillon John Meillon John Meillon was an Australian actor, most widely known outside Australia for his role as Walter Reilly in the films "Crocodile" Dundee and "Crocodile" Dundee II. He also voiced Victoria Bitter beer commercials until his death.-Biography:Meillon was born in Mosman, Sydney... , Terry Camilleri Terry Camilleri Terry Camilleri is an Australian actor.Camilleri was born in Malta and made his feature film debut in Peter Weir's 1974 film The Cars That Ate Paris. Terry appreaed in the 1983 hit sequel film Superman III. He portrayed the Emperor Napoleon I in the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure...	Comedy / Horror	IMDb
A Handful of Dust
India Our Asian Neighbours
Lockhart Festival
Matchless
Moving On
Mr. Symbol Man
Number 96
Petersen Petersen (film) Petersen is a 1974 Australian drama film directed by Tim Burstall. Tony Petersen , a retired australian rules football star, enrolls at university to study for an arts degree...	Tim Burstall Tim Burstall Tim Burstall was an Australian film director, writer and producer, best known for the motion picture Alvin Purple....	Jack Thompson, Jackie Weaver	Drama	IMDb
A Steam Train Passes A Steam Train Passes A Steam Train Passes is an award winning Australian 1974 short film set in the 1940s, featuring the construction and operation of locomotive 3801.- Plot :...	David Haythornwaite	Chris O'Sullivan, Harold Fowler	Short documentary	IMDb
Stone	Sandy Harbutt	Ken Shorter, Sandy Harbutt, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Bill Hunter, Helen Morse, Rebecca Gilling	Crime / Action	IMDb
Sweet Feed
The Players
The Spiral Bureau
Three Old Friends
Tidikawa and Friends
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Yackety Yack	Dave Jones	Dave Jones, John Flaus John Flaus John Flaus is an Australian broadcaster, actor, voice talent, anarchist and raconteur. He was formerly a prominent film academic and theorist. He was born in Maroubra, Sydney.... , Peter Carmody, Peggy Cole, John Cleary John Cleary John Cleary is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2003.Cleary was educated at St. Lawrence College... , Jerzy Toeplitz Jerzy Toeplitz Jerzy Toeplitz AO was born in 1909 in Kharkiv . He was educated in Warsaw. After World War II he was the co-founder of the Polish Film School, and later took up an appointment in Australia for the Film and TV School.Between 1948 and 1972 he was Vice-President of the International Film and... , Doug White Doug White Doug White of Manchester, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party who served as president of the Ohio Senate for two years, from 2003 to 2005.... , Rod Nicholls, Andy Miller	Comedy	IMDb

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