Barry McKenzie Holds His Own | |
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Directed by | Bruce Beresford |
Written by | Bruce Beresford Barry Humphries |
Produced by | Bruce Beresford |
Starring | Barry Crocker Barry Humphries Donald Pleasence Dick Bentley |
Cinematography | Don McAlpine |
Edited by | William Anderson |
Music by | Peter Best |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Roadshow (Australia) |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | A$450,000[1] |
Box office | A$1,407,000 (Australia) |
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own is a 1974 Australian comedy film directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries and Donald Pleasence.[2] It was written by Beresford and Humphries.
It was a sequel to the 1972 Australian comedy film The Adventures of Barry McKenzie.
The then Prime Minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam, along with his wife Margaret Whitlam, made cameo appearances as themselves.[3]
Barry Humphries contended that Barry McKenzie was an inspiration for the later film Crocodile Dundee.[4]