The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Fred Schepisi.

Cast

• Tom E. Lewis as Jimmie Blacksmith
• Freddy Reynolds as Mort Blacksmith
• Ray Barrett as Farrell
• Jack Thompson as Rev. Neville
• Don Crosby as Jack Newby
• Angela Punch McGregor as Gilda Marshall
• Steve Dodd as Tabidgi
• Peter Carroll as McCready
• Ruth Cracknell as Mrs. Heather Newby
• Elizabeth Alexander as Petra Graf
• Peter Sumner as Dowie Steed
• Tim Robertson as Healey
• Ray Meagher as Dud Edmonds
• Brian Anderson as Hyberry
• Jane Harders as Mrs. Healey
• Julie Dawson as Martha Neville
• Jack Charles as Harry Edwards
• Bryan Brown as Shearer
• Arthur Dignam as Man in Butcher Shop
• Robyn Nevin as Mrs. McCready
• Gregory Apps as Smith
• Jillian Archer as Young Nun
• John Bowman as Mullett
• Michael Carman as J.C. Thomas
• Bill Charlton as Jones
• Liddy Clark as Kate
• Matthew Crosby as Timmy Newby
• Marshall Crosby as Peter Newby
• Ian Gilmour as Eddie
• Ken Grant as Wilson
• Alan Hardy as Carmichael
• Lauren Hutton
• John Jarratt as Michaels
• Thomas Keneally as Cook
• Terry McDermott as M.P.
• Ray Marshall as Constable in Jail
• Zac Martin as Drunken Aborigine
• Justine Saunders as Nancy
• Alexandra Schepisi as Baby Healey
• Rob Steele as Claude Lewis

Crew

• Fred Schepisi — Director
• Thomas Keneally — Novel
• Bruce Smeaton — Original Music Composer
• Fred Schepisi — Screenplay
• Fred Schepisi — Producer
• Ian Baker — Director of Photography

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