Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
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| Directed by | Bruce Beresford |
| Written by | Bruce Beresford, Barry Humphries |
| Starring | Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Donald Pleasance, Dick Bentley |
| Release date(s) | 1974 |
| Running time | 93 min. |
| Language | English |
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Barry McKenzie Holds His Own is the 1974 sequel to the 1972 Australian comedy film The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. Returning from the original film is Barry Crocker in the title role, as well as Barry Humphries in the role of Barry's grandmother, Dame Edna. Also returning in the director's chair is Bruce Beresford.
[edit] Plot
The film continues directly where The Adventures of Barry McKenzie ended with Barry McKenzie (Barry Crocker) and his grandmother Dame Edna returning home to Australia from England via airplane.
During the flight two henchmen of Count von Plasma (Donald Pleasance) (a Dracula-type ruler of an isolated and unnamed Eastern European nation) mistake Dame Edna for the Queen of England and kidnap her during their brief stopover in Paris - believing that she will draw tourists to their country.
It is then up to Barry, his Parisian expatriate Aussie friend "Col the Frog" (Dick Bentley) and his other expatriate mates in France and England to team up and rescue Edna.
[edit] Trivia
The then Prime Minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam, along with his wife, made cameo appearances as themselves greeting Barry's arrival home towards the end of the film.
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