Alvin Purple

Alvin Purple
Theatrical film poster
Directed byTim Burstall
Written byAlan Hopgood
Produced byTim Burstall
StarringGraeme Blundell
George Whaley
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Abigail
Jacki Weaver
CinematographyRobin Copping
Edited byEdward McQueen-Mason
Music byBrian Cadd
Production
company
Distributed byRoadshow Film Distributors
Release date
  • 20 December 1973 (1973-12-20)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$202,000[1][2]
Box officeA$4,720,000

Alvin Purple is a 1973 Australian sex comedy film starring Graeme Blundell in the title role; the screenplay was written by Alan Hopgood and directed by Tim Burstall, through his production company Hexagon Productions and Village Roadshow.

The film received largely negative reviews from local film critics. Despite this, it was a major hit with Australian audiences. Alvin Purple became the most commercially successful Australian film released to that time, breaking the box-office record previously set by Michael Powell's pioneering Anglo-Australian comedy feature They're a Weird Mob (1966), grossing $A4.7 million locally ($49 million in 2022).

  1. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p. 274.
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