Main Cast: Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Michael Gow, Phil Motherwell
Release Year: 1980
Country: AU
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
Yes, Stir is a prison picture, but don't be put off by the seeming flippancy of its slangy title. Ben Jewson based his screenplay on his own experiences while incarcerated. Jewson spares us nothing: the gleeful brutality of the guards, the sexual outrages in the cells, the grim future in store for those "lucky" enough to be set free. The film culminates in a riot, clearly inspired by TV news footage of Attica. Stir proved an impressive debut for Australian director Stephen Wallace. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Gary Waddell - Dave; Ray Marshall - Chalmers; Ted Robshaw - Partridge; James Marsh - Webster; Paul Sonkkila - McIntosh; Keith Gallasch - Tony; Robert Noble - Riley; Syd Heylen - Old Bob; Peter Kowitz - Lewis; Tony Wager - Visiting Judge; Les Newcombe - Hogan; Morris Saidi - Chickenman; Dave Taylor - Prisoner's Spokesman No. 1; Margaret Throsby - TV Interviewer; Christ Smith; Ian Gray; Peter Barton; James Cameron; Greg Smith; Dennis Hunt
Credit
Stephen Wallace - Director, Henry Dangar - Editor, Cameron Allan - Composer (Music Score), Geoff Burton - Cinematographer, Richard Brennan - Producer, Chris Murray - Special Effects, Bob Jewson - Screenwriter
