Australian/New Zealand movies: 1978

Another year and yet more nudity. Was hoping for a less intensive year than the previous one but thanks to the sexploitation drama Felicity that wasn't possible.

1978

Angel Mine (NZ)

66 minute 'avant-garde' satire from New Zealand auteur David Blyth where a couple (Derek Ward and Jennifer Redford) are tired of the bourgeoisie lifestyle which is OK because a couple of lookalike assassins are trying to kill them and take over their lives. There's also ad parodies plus a nod to The Seventh Seal. A baffling movie that has long scenes where nothing happens followed by scenes with maximum wackiness.

There's a few nude scenes featuring Jennifer Redford including a scene where she might actually be having sex.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from Angel Mine here. A preview is below.

Jennifer Redford in Angel Mine

   
   
   
   
   

 

 

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

Harrowing story about an Indigenous man Jimmie Blacksmith (Tom E. Lewis) who is pushed too far by numerous white people and he and some fellow Indigenous men go on a crime spree that ends in murder. Tough going but a pretty solid movie.

Angela Punch McGregor has a couple of brief scenes where she shows her breasts while Justine Saunders shows her breasts and bottom. There's also further nudity from unknown Indigenous actresses at various times throughout the movie.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith here. A preview is below.

Angela Punch McGregor in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

   

 

Justine Saunders in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

   
   

 

 

Cosy Cool

Baffling motorcycle road movie where a man is fired from his job and rides off with his buddy looking for a good time. Meanwhile two men are setting up the motorcyclists for a weird cult murder and a crazy man wants revenge for humiliating him. Incoherent low budget thriller that makes little sense, needlessly repeats itself and large chunks of plot are explained by text written on the screen. Supposedly infamous for including a controversial motorcycle gang in the movie but most would struggle to get that far.

Both Pam Jackman and Charlene Webb show full frontal and rear nudity during a skinnydip and breasts while lying with a bloke. There's also nudity from the cult murder victim when her dress is ripped open to reveal her breasts.

You can find a synopsis and videos from Cosy Cool here. A preview is below.

Pam Jackman in Cosy Cool

   
   

 

Charlene Webb in Cosy Cool

   
   

 

Unknown in Cosy Cool

   

 

 

Felicity

John D. Lamond's fictional debut which is a coming-of-age drama so you'll know it will be jam-packed with nudity. School girl Felicity (Canadian actress Glory Annen) negotiates her way through her sexual awakening which flourishes when she travels to Hong Kong. Surprisingly watchable sexploitation movie helped by copious nudity and a winning lead in Annen. Probably Lamond's best movie because he sure has made some garbage.

Numerous fully nude scenes featuring Glory Annen with full nudity from various others including Jody Hansen, Joni Flynn and a bunch of Australian actresses who frequently appeared nude in Marilyn Rodgers, Angela Menzies-Wills and Sarah Lee.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from Felicity here. A preview is below.

Glory Annen in Felicity

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

 

Glory Annen and Jody Hansen in Felicity

   
   

 

Glory Annen and Joni Flynn in Felicity

   
   
   
   

 

Glory Annen, Joni Flynn, Angela Menzies-Wills and Sarah Lee in Felicity

   
   
   
   

 

Jody Hansen in Felicity

   

 

Joni Flynn in Felicity

   

 

Marilyn Rodgers in Felicity

   
   
   

 

 

A Good Thing Going

Domestic drama telemovie where shitty husband (John Hargreaves) who is out every night drinking with friends and is cheating on his wife has a major life upheaval when his wife just up and leaves and he has to look after his two kids. And he struggles because he never really looked after them. There's no winners here particularly the viewer.

There's some nudity from Tina Bursill who shows her breasts after sex plus stripper nudity from someone named Buffy. There's also a scene when an anonymous woman briefly shows a breast.

You can find a synopsis and videos from A Good Thing Going here. A preview is below.

Tina Bursill in A Good Thing Going

   
   

 

Buffy in A Good Thing Going

   

 

Unknown in A Good Thing Going

 

 

Harvest of Hate

Garbage terrorist thriller telemovie where Muslim terrorists take over an Adelaide winery that has just been bought by a couple. The terrorists kidnap them for some reason and bring the wife to the lead terrorist for his harem. Appalling movie that makes no sense and feels like a relic from another era. Worst of a series of South Australian made telemovies including Peter Weir's excellent The Plumber and The Sound of Love.

Brief side-boob from Kris McQuade.

You can find a synopsis and videos from Harvest of Hate here. A preview is below.

Kris McQuade in Harvest of Hate

 

 

In Search of Anna

Road movie about two lost souls who find each other when free spirit Sam (Judy Morris) picks up a hitch-hiker Tony (Richard Moir) in her 1938 Buick. Tony is looking for a new life in Sydney with a woman named 'Anna' as he's just spent 6 years in prison. Sam is in a loveless open marriage. Good movie if a bit incoherent in the end, helped by the two leads.

Some brief nudity from Judy Morris including full frontal nudity from a distance after she exits the water and some brief breasts during a frantically cut sex scene.

You can find a synopsis and videos from In Search of Anna here. A preview is below.

Judy Morris in In Search of Anna

   

 

 

Long Weekend

Environmental horror movie where a couple (John Hargreaves and Briony Behets) go camping hoping to rekindle their failing marriage and kill a few animals along the way. But the animals fight back. Strange movie that surprisingly works despite it's wild premise. A fairly original horror movie for it's time which was remade in 2008 with Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan.

A few scenes where Briony Behets shows her breasts.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from Long Weekend here. A preview is below.

Briony Behets in Long Weekend

   
   
   
   

 

 

Love Under Pressure
aka Because He's My Friend

Telemovie starring American actors Karen Black and Keir Dullea playing wife and husband who move to Australia with their autistic son as the husband has a new job there. This move puts a strain on their relationship as their son is out of his comfort zone. Typical telemovie stuff.

No nudity but Karen Black is in underwear for one scene.

Karen Black in Love Under Pressure

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Magee and the Lady

Another telemovie with two American leads (Tony Lo BIanco, Sally Kellerman) but this time it doesn't really make sense for them to be Americans in Australia. Magee (Lo Blanco) is a boat owner who is about to lose it so he goes to confront the rich guy who is taking the boat back only the rich guy is not to at his house. So with only days until he loses his boat, he makes one desperate attempt to get the rich guy's attention by kidnapping his daughter (Sally Kellermen). Together they play out a slapstick relationship where they hate one another then they fall in love. Silly stuff but it doesn't outstay it's welcome.

No nudity but there's some sexy stuff from Sally Kellerman including a scene in a wet see-through dress and more sexy stuff from Annie Semler who in one scene seems to wearing the same outfit she wore in Deathcheaters. Apologies for the low quality of the videos. Highly doubtful they'll be anything better.

Sally Kellerman in Magee and the Lady

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Annie Semler in Magee and the Lady

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Mouth to Mouth

John Duigan directed Melbourne social drama (he's really churning them out at this stage at almost a yearly rate) about two young men and two young women who live on the edge of society desperately trying to survive. Pretty decent movie with themes that still resonate today.

No nudity in the movie but quite a few videos are at the original update. You can find a synopsis and videos from Mouth to Mouth here.

 

 

The Newman Shame

Perth made telemovie where George Lazenby plays a former cop who with his wife (Diane Craig) are drawn into a case where a friend dies in mysterious circumstances. Seems like he was been extorted by having a phony porno made where it looks like he's the star. Silly stuff but Lazenby and Craig make it watchable.

No real nudity in the movie except for some inserts in the porn movie.

You can find a synopsis and VHS videos from The Newman Shame here. A preview is below.

Unknown in The Newman Shame

   

 

 

The Night The Prowler

Jim Sharman continues making Australian movies instead of cashing in on The Rocky Horror Picture Show. This time he adapts a novel from one of the Australia's greatest authors Patrick White about a 'frumpy' young woman Felicity (Kerry Walker) who cries rape one night only for it to begin a wild journey of discovery for Felicity where she rebels against her middle class upbringing and her parents, particularly her overbearing mother (Ruth Cracknell) who wants marry her off. Felicity comes out the other side completely changed. Plays as a drama but works much better when Sharman unleashes his Rocky Horror side and goes a bit batshit for a while. Probably would've worked better as a social satire which it clearly wants to be but can't break the constraints of the drama. Kerry Walker is very good here and would become a favourite of the likes of Jane Campion and Baz Luhrmann.

There's brief nudity in one scene from an unknown woman who Felicity interrupts having sex with an older man in the bushes. The older man is credited but not the woman... There's also lengthy scenes of Kerry Walker in a ripped open nightie.

Kerry Walker in The Night The Prowler

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Unknown in The Night The Prowler

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Patrick

Wacky thriller from Richard Franklin about a comatose patient who seems to be killing various people at the asylum he is living in while taking a liking to the new nurse (English actress Susan Penhaligon). It's a nutty premise but it works for the most part thanks to Franklin's ability to shoot a tense set piece.

Some brief nudity from Helen Hemingway and from Carole-Ann Aylett in the opening murder scene. Susan Penhaligon is also seen in a see-through dress wearing no bra.

You can find a synopsis with collages and HD videos from Patrick here. A preview is below.

Helen Hemingway in Patrick

   

 

Carole-Ann Aylett in Patrick

   
   

 

 

Skin Deep (NZ)

Odd drama about a small town that loses it's mind when the local all-male boxing club hires a woman from the city to do massages for it's members. Turns out she used to do topless massages and is reluctantly pulled into performing them despite it being illegal to do so. Strange movie that works better a time-piece of a certain time and place with the men acting like they've never met a woman before.

A few scenes where Deryn Cooper shows her breasts as she gives a man a massage.

You can find a synopsis with collages and videos from Skin Deep here. A preview is below.

Deryn Cooper in Skin Deep

   
   
   

 

 

Solo (Aus/NZ)

Australian/New Zealand co-production where drifter Judy (Lisa Peers from Journey Among Women) is taken in by Paul (Vincent Gil from Mad Max) who flies planes for the local area looking for fires. The two hit it off and he shows her the Tiger Moth he's restored and takes her for the first flight only to strike trouble and leave them stranded far from home. A quiet romantic drama that doesn't quite go the usual way.

Some brief nudity from Lisa Peers as she changes after a swim and we see her breasts and bottom. See Journey Among Women for more/better nudity from Lisa.

You can find a synopsis with collages and videos from Solo here. A preview is below.

Lisa Peers in Solo

   

 

 

The Sound of Love

Romantic drama telemovie about two deaf people who fall for one another after they meet at the Deaf Institute. Nice little story although not a lot happens.

Some brief side-boob nudity from Celia De Burgh as she's changing.

You can find a synopsis with collages and videos from The Sound of Love here. A preview is below.

Celia De Burgh in The Sound of Love

   

 

 

Third Person Plural

Improvised drama where four friends go on weekend trips on a boat. Eternal pessimist Mark (Bryan Brown) and documentary filmmaker Danny (Linden Wilkinson) get together although it seems doomed. While care-free Beth (Margaret Cameron) and boat owner Terry (George Shevtsov) hit it off and get real cutesy with one another. As fun as it sounds...

A fair bit of nudity from Margaret Cameron whose character doesn't seem to like clothes in the first half of the movie.

Margaret Cameron in Third Person Plural

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Linden Wilkinson in Third Person Plural

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Weekend of Shadows

South Australian drama about town outsider Rabbit (John Waters) who reluctantly joins a posse looking for an immigrant farm worker who possibly killed a farmer's wife. Turns out Rabbit married the loosest woman in town (Melissa Jaffer) who claims her kid is his but the list of fathers is in the dozens. The posse including Bill Hunter go stir crazy chasing the farm worker and you know it's just going to end badly. OK but heads towards an obvious ending.

The only nudity in the movie is a brief shot of a breast from the victim.

Unknown in Weekend of Shadows

 

 

As always there's movies released with nothing to cap and these include the excellent Phillip Noyce directed drama Newsfront, dramas The Irishman, Little Boy Lost and Blue Fin, the Brian Trenchard-Smith directed Stunt Rock which is basically just Deathcheaters with a magician and rock band. There's also a bunch of telemovies with nothing to cap including the batty thriller The Death Train, Gone To Ground, The Night Nurse, Plunge Into Darkness, another South Australian movie starring John Waters The Scalp Merchant and the Steve Bisley starring thiller Taxi! where he plays a taxi driver who sticks his nose where he shouldn't. It is unknown if there's anything to cap from The King of the Two Day Wonder starring Sigrid Thornton. The next update is where we'll see nudity from her.

 

New Entries:
Eileen Chapman in The Firm Man (1975 movie)
Belinda Giblin, Marilyn Vernon and Leonie Bradley in The Box (1975 movie)
Carolyn Howard in Surrender in Paradise (1976 movie)
Pamela Stephenson and Deborah Kennedy in McManus M.P.B (1976 telemovie)
Sue Bollinger in Wild Man (1977 movie)
Belinda Giblin in Say You Want Me (1977 telemovie)
Michele Fawdon in Cass (1977 telemovie)

 

Tags: Kerry Walker, Karen Black, Sally Kellerman, Annie Semler, Margaret Cameron, Linden Wilkinson