The Rollicking Adventures of Eliza Fraser
Time Out says
Beware rollicking heroines, especially from the perpetrator of Stork and Alvin Purple. The factual history of Eliza Fraser (shipwrecked and conscripted as a member of an aboriginal tribe) is thrown away in a lumberingly burlesque period romp about a lady with a roving eye, and a pompously straitlaced husband, who becomes involved in a farce of lusty humiliations before ending up peddling a spicy account of her adventures in carnivals. Moments of bizarrerie escape the general heavy-handedness, but the more serious purpose evident in David Williamson's script - of confronting sexual attitudes and hypocrisies - doesn't get a look in.
Details
Release details
Duration:
112 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Tim Burstall
Screenwriter:
David Williamson
Cast:
Susannah York
Noel Ferrier
John Waters
Trevor Howard
John Castle
Bill Hunter
Noel Ferrier
John Waters
Trevor Howard
John Castle
Bill Hunter