The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
- Starring:
- Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, (more)
- Director(s):
- Bruce Beresford
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The popular Australian comic strip The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie was first brought to the screen in this raunchy 1972 romp. Barry Crocker plays the title character, a carefree Aussie cowboy with an inordinate fondness for beer and "Sheilas". Touring England as a stand-up comic, Barry runs across several odd characters, including addlepated discipline freak Dennis Price. Also on hand is Barry McKenzie cocreator Barry Humphries, appearing in drag as Dame Edna Beveridge, a character who would bring Humphries worldwide fame and fortune in the 1990s. Director Bruce Beresford, who went on to such loftier efforts as Breaker Morant, Tender Mercies and Crimes of the Heart, breezes through his scatalogical material with the abandon of a schoolboy scribbling naughty words on the sidewalk. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 102 mins
Complete Cast:
- Barry Crocker - Barry McKenzie
- Barry Humphries - Meyer De Lamphrey
- Paul Bertram - Curly
- Avice Landone - Mrs. Gort
- William Rushton
- Jack Watling
- Spike Milligan - Landlord
- Jonathan Hardy - Groove Courtenay
- John Clarke - Underground Filmmaker
- Jenny Tomasin - Sarah Gort
- John Joyce - Maurie Miller
- Mary Anne Severne - Lesley
- Irvin Allen
- Joan Bakewell
- Jean Fredericks
- Ken Kitson
- Barry Humphries - Edna Everage
- Barry Humphries - Hoot
- Dennis Price - Mr. Gort
- Peter Cook - Dominic
- Bernard Spear
- Maria O'Brien - Caroline Thighs
- Christopher Malcolm - Sean
- Judith Furse - Claude
- Dick Bentley - Detective
- Margo Lloyd - Mrs. McKenzie
- Wilfred Grove - Customs Officer
- Julie Covington - Blanche
- John D. Collins
- Brad Hay
- Alexander Archdale
- Director(s):
- Bruce Beresford
- Writer(s):
- Bruce Beresford, Barry Humphries
- Producer(s):
- Phil Adams
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