Hard Knocks (1980 film)

Hard Knocks
Film poster
Directed by	Don McLennan
Written by	Hilton Bonner Don McLennan
Starring	Tracy Mann Bill Hunter Max Cullen Tony Barry Kirstie Grant
Production company	Ukiyo Films
Release date	1980 (1980)
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	AU $33,500[1]

Hard Knocks is a 1980 Australian film directed by Don McLennan.

Cast

• Tracy Mann as Samantha
• Bill Hunter as Brady
• Max Cullen as Newman
• Tony Barry as Barry
• Kirstie Grant
• Tony Bonner as Bar Patron

Production

Director Don McLennan got the idea to make the film from a story in the newspaper about an ex-prisoner who becomes a model. He wrote a script and got the money to make a 50-minute film but decided to turn it into a feature. It was made for $35,000 and Trevor Lucas of Andromeda Films paid for post production.^[1]

Soundtrack

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2]	62

References

1. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 pp. 216–218
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 322. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

• Hard Knocks at IMDb
• Hard Knocks at Oz Movies