Notorious Australian flop set in the Roaring 20s Sydney follows Kitty O'Rourke who, after her thug husband ends up in jail, becomes a tough gangster on her own, befriends a crooked cop called The Bagman and takes on the competition.
Costume
Gatsby-by-way-of-target clearance rack 1920s fashion commitment.
Production
Sydney standing in for Chicago-level ambition on clearly Australian budget.
Director
Donald Crombie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Val Lehman was simultaneously starring in Prisoner: Cell Block H, making this her year of playing formidable women in Australian penal institutions.
This flopped so hard it helped kill the Australian Film Commission's enthusiasm for period gangster films for nearly a decade.
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