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.
Cast
Graham Kennedy
Harry
John Hargreaves
Bung
John Jarratt
Bill
Bryan Brown
Rogers
Graeme Blundell
Dawson
Richard Moir
Medic
Peter Drouyn
Sergeant Johnson
Ian Gilmour
Scott
Graham Rouse
The Cook
Tony Barry
Black Ronnie
John Allen
Lieut. Golonka
Brandon Burke
Isaacs
John Fitzgerald
Intelligence Corporal
Mike Harris
Sergeant Major
Johnny Garfield
Padre
Ray Meagher
Range Corporal
Frankie J. Holden
Spotted Soldier
Roger Newcombe
Lieut. Clifford
Brian Evis
Mayberry
Sharon Higgins
Bill's Girl
Freddie Paris
Unknown
Joy Westmore
Unknown
Brian Wenzel
Unknown
Brian Anderson
Unknown
Sarah Lee
Unknown
Tim Burns
Unknown
Max Cullen
Unknown
Tim Page
Unknown
Crew
Tom Jeffrey
Director, Screenplay, Producer
William L. Nagle
Novel
Brian Kavanagh
Editor
Donald McAlpine
Director of Photography
Sue Milliken
Producer
Bernard Hides
Production Design
Anna Senior
Costume Design
Deryck De Niese
Makeup Artist
Buddy Joe Hooker
Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
Roger Cowland
Visual Effects
Michael Carlos
Original Music Composer
Bill Malcolm
Set Decoration
