The Journalist (1979)

Comedy about a womanizing journalist on a Sydney newspaper who confronts job problems and impotence in the context of Australian media and politics of the 1970's. A somewhat lesser Australian film comparable to the American film Shampoo.

Cast (12)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Jack Thompson

Simon Morris

Sam Neill

Rex

Elizabeth Alexander

Liz Corbett

Penne Hackforth-Jones

Gillie Griffiths

Charles Tingwell

Sid Mitchell

Carol Raye

Maggie

Frank Wilson

S

Stuart Wagstaff

Ray Meagher

Anna Hruby

Ken Goodlet

Frankie J. Holden

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