The Odd Angry Shot

"In Vietnam, the name of the game is survival."

Mar 1 1979 Unrated 1h 32m
Action, Comedy, War

A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.

Plot

A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.

Written by

Tom Jeffrey, William L. Nagle

Directed by

Tom Jeffrey

Cast

Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt

Crew

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Production Countries

Australia

Production Companies

New South Wales Film Corp., Australian Film Commission

Languages

English

Awards

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Trailers
The Odd Angry Shot (1979) - NFSA Restores trailer
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