Four friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group between Sandy, a quiet young man who is angered by the obnoxious, womanizing Boo who seduces a teenaged girl while on their trip in one of his usual one night stands. Meanwhile, the girl's psychotic dad is also looking for Boo out of revenge for what he did to his daughter. Boo is in for a major wake up call.
Acting
Steve Bisley makes Boo insufferably magnetic before the fall.
Production
Grimy coastal NSW locations that reek of authentic 70s desperation.
Director
Christopher Fraser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Mel Gibson's screen debut—he took the role mainly because he needed money after a bar fight left him bruised and unable to do his usual theater work.
Produced on a shoestring during Australia's film renaissance, it helped establish the 'ocker' genre of working-class male aggression that would define much of 70s Aussie cinema.
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