Caddie (film)

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Caddie

IMDB Image:3of5.png 5.9/10 (62 votes)
Directed by Donald Crombie
Produced by Anthony Buckley
Written by Joan Long
Caddie Marsh (book)
Starring Helen Morse (Caddie)
Takis Emmanuel
Jack Thompson (Ted)
Jackie Weaver
Music by Patrick Flynn
Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment
Release date(s) 1976
Running time 106 min
Country Australia
Language English
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Caddie is an Australian film, directed by Donald Crombie, released in 1976, and belonging to the Australian film renaissance which occurred during that decade.

The film is set in part in Sydney during the 1920s and 1930s, including the Great Depression, and tells of the life of a young middle class woman struggling to raise two children after her marriage breaks up.

The film stars Helen Morse (Caddie), Takis Emmanuel, Jack Thompson (Ted), and Jackie Weaver.

[edit] Locations

Parts of the movie were filmed in and around Balmain with a number of scenes at the Kent Hotel (which later became Caddies Restaurant) and the Sir Wiliam Wallace Hotel. Other scenes were filmed in Cameron Street, Edgecliff. Studio shots were taken at the Cinesound Studios in Rozelle.

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