Sydney - Cockatoo Island, Sunday 18th, 6:55pm
Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive
Year
1975
Director
Bert Deling
Running Time
85 minutes
Starring
Anne Hetherington, John Laurie, Garry Waddell
Four young heroin addicts scour the streets of Melbourne in search of some good-quality narcotics - or as they call it, 'pure shit'. In the space of 48 hours, a friend dies of an overdose, they are ripped off by criminals and arrested and assaulted by police. They bungle a break-in, get chased by hooligans and one is sent to a methadone clinic. The search for drugs veers between farce and tragedy, but it never stops.