The Journalist

The Journalist

83 mins | Comedy | Nov. 15, 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.

The Journalist

83 mins | Comedy | Nov. 15, 1979

The Journalist
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.
Producers New South Wales Film Corp., FJF Promoters
Original title The Journalist
Directors Michael Thornhill
Writers Edna Wilson, Michael Thornhill

Cast

Jack Thompson

as Simon Morris

Sam Neill

as Rex

Elizabeth Alexander

as Liz Corbett

Penne Hackforth-Jones

as Gillie Griffiths

Charles Tingwell

as Sid Mitchell

Carol Raye

as Maggie