“The Larrikin, The Lover, The Legend!”
This Australian crime drama chronicles the life of notorious, keen witted, acid tongued 1920s Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor. Wormy and diminutive, yet cunning and determined small-time hoodlum Squizzy Taylor rises to prominence and popularity in Melbourne, Australia in the 1920's. Squizzy romances brash moll Dolly and works for bookie Henry Stokes before branching out on his own while being hounded by the police and courted by the press the whole time.
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Cast
40 people
David Atkins
Squizzy Taylor
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Jacki Weaver
Dolly
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Alan Cassell
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Breaker Morant
Steve Bisley
Det. Piggott
Known for
Mad Max
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Michael Long
Det. Piggott
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Sons and Daughters
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Kim Lewis
Ida Pender
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Sons and Daughters
Search for Treasure Island
Robert Hughes
Reg Harvey
Known for
ABBA: The Movie
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Cul Cullen
Henry Stokes
Also in
Scobie Malone
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Peter Hosking
Angus Murray
Known for
Lore
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Tony Rickards
Dutch
Known for
Childhood's End
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Paul Trahair
Young Detective
Also in
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Peter Paulson
'Long' Harry Slater
Also in
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Kevin James Dobson Director · Roger Simpson Writer Bruce Smeaton Composer
Budget $1.7M · United States release July 7, 1984 · Produced in Australia
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Budget
$1,700,000
Production
Australia
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · July 7, 1982
Theatrical
United States · July 7, 1984
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