Caddie (1976)
Director: Donald Crombie
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An intelligent script, based on an anonymous autobiography, and charting the struggles of an independent woman in Depression-era Australia, gets an unfortunate sentimentalising gloss from Crombie's direction, which attempts to realign essentially tough-minded material with the prevalent trend to retro prettiness. Morse is fine as the abandoned wife who becomes a barmaid to support herself and her two kids, though her retention of plucky charm under her 'deviate' circumstances rings a little too good to be true.Author: PT
Cast & crew
Director: Donald Crombie
Producer: Anthony Buckley
Cast: Helen Morse, Takis Emmanuel, Kirrily Nolan, Jacki Weaver, Jack Thompson, Lynette Curran, Melissa Jaffer full cast
Duration: 106 mins
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