Petersen
6.5
“When he wasn't fighting...he was getting in OTHER trouble!”
Tony Petersen, a married electrician and ex-footballer, goes to university to study English. Petersen is odd man out at the uni. He receives extracurricular help from his stuffy professor's beautiful lecturer wife in her office. Their get-togethers there are quite rootine. The professor is also seeing one of his students after class. Petersen and the professor's wife talk about having a baby. But then she accepts an appointment to Oxford, provoking a rage in Petersen...
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Jack Thompson
Tony Petersen
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Jacki Weaver
Susie Petersen
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Wendy Hughes
Dr. Patricia Kent
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John Ewart
Peter
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Razorback
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Belinda Giblin
Moira
Known for
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Arthur Dignam
Prof. Charles Kent
Known for
Australia
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Charles Tingwell
Father
Known for
Murder Most Foul
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Helen Morse
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Known for
Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Kate Ferguson
Bikini Girl
Known for
The Pirate Movie
Tim Burstall Director · Peter Best Composer Robin Copping Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1974 · Produced in Australia · Production Astral Films, AVCO Embassy Pictures
Production
Hexagon Productions
Production
Astral Films
Production
AVCO Embassy Pictures
Production
Australia
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · January 1, 1974
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No release date listed for United States.
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