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The Great Macarthy
Directed byDavid Baker
Written byJohn Romeril
Based onA Salute to the Great McCarthy
by Barry Oakley
Produced byDavid Baker
Richard Brennan
StarringJohn Jarratt
Barry Humphries
Judy Morris
CinematographyBruce McNaughton
Music byBruce Smeaton
Production
company
Stoney Creek Films
Distributed bySeven Keys
Release date
  • 7 August 1975 (1975-08-07)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$250,000[1]

The Great Macarthy is a 1975 comedy about Australian rules football. It was an adaptation of the 1970 novel A Salute to the Great McCarthy by Barry Oakley. It stars John Jarratt as the title character (in his film debut) as a local footballer playing for Kyneton, who is signed up (or more appropriately, kidnapped) by the South Melbourne Football Club (now Sydney Swans). It also stars Barry Humphries and Judy Morris. It was released at a time of resurgence in Australian cinema but was not very successful despite its high-profile cast, including many well-known footy personalities.

  1. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p289

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