List of Australian films of 1976
Introduction
1976   Title   Director  Cast  Genre  Notes ''Adam''  Paul Bugden Wayne van Heekeren, Bob Hughes, David Calcott, Luda Apinys, Noel Brady, Jeremy Chance Short film   ''Alcestis''  Ken Quinnell  Angela Korvisianos, Colin James, Virginia Sewickis, Kent Sanderson, Graham Pitts, Chloe  Short film  ''The Alternative''  Paul Eddey  Wendy Hughes, Tony Bonner, Carla Hoogeveen, Peter Adams, Alwyn Kurts, Ken Goodlet, Betty Lucas, Don Reid, Anne Haddy  Drama TV film  ''Angel''  Michael Hudson  James Fitch, Peter Green, Darius Perkins, Jodi Greenwood, Ludi Kerstovitch, Mike Hudson  Short film  ''Applause Applause''  Ivan Gaal  Max Gillies, Bob Thornycroft, Joe Balza Short film  ''Arena''  Eric Taylor  John Meillon, Ray Barrett, Chelsea Brown, John Ewart, Vincent Ball, Max Meldrum, David Nettheim, Brian Blain, Patrick Amer, Max Osbiston, Julie Hamilton Drama ABC TV film / ABC TV pilot  ''Barnaby and Me''  Norman Panama  Sid Caesar, Juliet Mills, Sally Boyden, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rangi Nichols, James Condon, Ivar Kants, Bruce Spence, Terry Bader, John Newcombe  Comedy / Drama ABC TV film US Co-production   ''Barney''  David S. Waddington Brett Maxworthy, Sean Kramer, Lionel Long, Spike Milligan, Jack Allen, Robert Quilter, Mike Preston  Adventure / Family Feature film   IMDb aka Lost In The Wild ''Betty Blokk-buster Follies''  Peter Batey  Reg Livermore  Comedy / Musical   IMDb ''Black, Red, White''  Peter Friedrichs Rod McNichol, Lisa Peers Feature film  ''Bluey''  Graeme Arthur  Lucky Grills, Gerda Nicolson, John Diedrich, Victoria Quilter, Terry Gill, Richard Meikle, Briony Behets, Keith Eden, Paul Young, Gil Tucker, Max Bruch, Lew Luton, Judy McBurney, Leila Hayes, Bethany Lee, Billie Hammerberg, Mackie Smetana Drama / Thriller TV film / TV Pilot to series (1976-1977) ''Break of Day''  Kevin Hannam  Sara Kestleman, Andrew McFarlane, Ingrid Mason, Tony Barry, John Bell, Maurie Fields, Eileen Chapman, Dennis Olsen, Geraldine Turner  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''The Buck's Party''  Steve Jodrell  Bevan Lee, David McDonald, Tim Hood, Chris Hoppenbrouwers, Bill McCluskey, Tom Martin, Trevor Todd, Diana Jodrell, Pauline Hood, Christine Symes, Allan Kemp, Frank Johnson, David Griffiths, Doug Thomson, Allan Lees, Steve Edwards  Short film  ''The Bushranger''  Federico Chentrens  Leonard Teale, Kate Fitzpatrick, John Hamblin, Kevin Wilson, Max Osbiston, Phillip Ross  Drama TV film   ''Caddie''  Donald Crombie  Helen Morse, Takis Emmanuel, Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver, Melissa Jaffer, Ron Blanchard, Drew Forsythe, Kirrily Nolan, Lynette Curran, June Salter, John Ewart, John Gaden, Mary Mackay, Lucky Grills, Robyn Nevin, Pat Evison, Willie Fennell, Jack Allen, Vivienne Garrett  Drama / Romance Feature film   IMDb ''Chopper Squad''  Simon Wincer  Dennis Grosvenor, Robert Coleby, Eric Oldfield, Rebecca Gilling, Graham Rouse, Tony Hughes, Tony Bonner, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Terry Camilleri, Max Osbiston, Kevin Healey, Gordon Piper  Action / Adventure TV film / TV Pilot to series (1978-1979) ''City Blues''  Lou Brown  Alan Pearce  Short film ''Confirmation''  Paul Bugden Bob Hughes, Cheryl Sciro, David Calcott, Luda Apinys, Aileen Corpus, Richard Hill, Wayne van Heekeren Short film  ''Contrived Mind Flashes''  Russell Mulcahy  Anna Gramme, Kym Newman, Brian Anderson, Tom McConkey Short film  ''Daffy''  David J. King David Smith, Helen Kostiuk, Julie Rysdale, Robert Davies  Short film  ''Deathcheaters''  Brian Trenchard Smith  John Hargreaves, Grant Page, Margaret Gerrard, Noel Ferrier, Wallas Eaton, Roger Ward, Ralph Cotterill, Judith Woodroofe Action / Adventure Feature film  ''The Devil's Party''  Don Frie Yvonne Kuvener, Daryl Hood, Trevor Scahill, Maurice Hatter, Christine Croome, Paula Samuelson  Short film  ''The Devil's Playground''  Fred Schepisi  Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, Simon Burke, Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Jonathan Hardy, Gerry Duggan, Sheila Florance  Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Do I Have to Kill My Child?'' Donald Crombie  Jacki Weaver, Brendon Lunney, Betty Lucas, Willie Fennell, Cecily Poulson, John Orcsik, Lorna Leslie, Jeremy Letts Short TV film   ''Don's Party''  Bruce Beresford  John Hargreaves, Jeanie Drynan, Ray Barrett, Graeme Blundell, Graham Kennedy, Pat Bishop, Clare Binney, Harold Hopkins, Veronica Lang  Comedy / Drama Feature film   IMDb, Entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival ''Double Dealer''  Allan Dickes David Calcott, Phil Avalon, Guy Peniston-Bird, Tony Fields, Sharyn Smith, Michael Farcomini, Bob Lee, Edward Leong, Frank Love, Lorna Leslie, Judy Mathews, Michelle Napier, Harriet Whitehouse, Rick Teodo, Joe Watson, Suzanne Hunt, Mike Lyon, Rosalind Richards, John Bennet, Eric Reade, Michelle Carrol, Sue Church, Billy Dyer, Bob Burdock TV film   ''Dr. K''  Phillip Noyce  Henri Szeps, Peter Cummins, Robyn Nevin, Martin Harris, John Gaden, Kevin Healy, Ben Gabriel  Short film documentary  ''The Dream of Loh''  Wolfgang Graesse Brenda Sinan Leong, Pino Bosi, Geoffrey Barnes, Francis Yin, Lai-Moon Tshi, Isao Hirata, Takahashi, Jannette Lowe, Pack-Shung Shull, Simon Shung Short film  ''Drift Away''  Richard Bradley  Robert Ellis, Terry Colliet, Pattie Dugan, Olivia Salvador, Candy Raymond, Michele Fawdon, Lynette Curran, Roslyn Richards, Katie Hudson, David Calcott, Alan Trott TV film  ''Eliza Fraser''  Tim Burstall  Susannah York, Trevor Howard, Noel Ferrier, John Castle, John Waters, Abigail, Charles Tingwell, Gerard Kennedy, Arna-Maria Winchester Drama Feature film IMDb ''End Play''  Tim Burstall  George Mallaby, John Waters, Kevin Goodlet, Charles Tingwell, Belinda Giblin, Adrian Wright, Delvene Delaney, Robert Hewett, Kevin Miles  Mystery / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''Everyman''  David G. Westray, Joe Clark  Phillip Mitchell, Nola Percival, Gayla Percival, David Carver, Russell Neal, Tony Mitchell, Keith Wiseman, Patricia Wortly, Sue Best, Helen McLachlan, Ian O'Hara, Wendy Critchley, Julie Simpson, Gary Best  Short film / Teleplay ''A Fair Trial''     IMDb ''Fantasm''  Richard Bruce (alias for Richard Franklin)   Erotica Documentary Feature film IMDb ''Felix''  Noel Purdon Henry Salter, David Gulpilil, Sue MacDonald Short film  ''The Fourth Wish''  Don Chaffey  John Meillon, Robert Bettles, Robyn Nevin, Michael Craig, Cul Cullen, Ron Haddrick, Brian Anderson, Judy Dick, Julie Dawson, Anne Haddy, Max Wearing, Don Crosby, Julie Hamilton, Brian James, Les Foxcroft, Vivean Gray  Drama Family Feature film  IMDb ''Goodbye, Norma Jean''    IMDb ''Hard Knocks''  Philip Bull Frank McKallister, Geoffrey Gibbs, Olwyn Summers, Robert Faggotter, Nicole Desmarcheller, Jon Tyrell, James Setches, Wendy Arnold, Tony Watts, Thea Calzoni Short film  ''Heart & Soul''  Wayne Moore  Susan Spencer, Bruce Barbour, Lyn Wright Short film  ''The Haunting of Hewie Dowker''  Simon Wincer  John Waters, Kate Fitzpatrick, Donald MacDonald, Camilla Rowntree, Cul Cullen, Tim Elliot, Tony Barry, Ron Haddrick Thriller / Mystery TV film / TV Pilot  ''Highway One''  Steve Otton Kim Bradley, Phillip Monteroz, Robert Steen, Josephine Grieve, Greta, Rachiel Hynd Short film  ''The Idyll''  Paul Jansen Val Lachlan, Robert Harrison  Short film  ''Is There Anybody There?'' Peter Maxwell  George Lazenby, Wendy Hughes, Tina Grenville, Stuart Wagstaff, Chantal Contouri, Patrick Ward, Gordon McDougall, Joan Bruce, Enid Lorimer  Mystery / Thriller TV film ''Illuminations''  Paul Cox  Gabriella Tresk, Elke Neidhardt, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Norman Kaye, Alan Money, Athol Shmith, Tibor Markus, Sheila Florance  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Image of Death'' Kevin Dobson  Cathy Paine, Cheryl Waters, Tony Bonner, Barry Pierce, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Sheila Helpmann, Max Meldrum  Mystery / Thriller TV film  IMDb ''Jeremy and Teapot'' Briann Kearney Patrick Thompson, Brian Syron, Jack Thompson, Bunkie, Ann McCann, Beverly Thompson, Leona King, Peter Drury, Irene Walls, Jon Darling Short fantasy   IMDb (Cinema Papers "Women in Film – Briann Kearney" Jan.Feb. 1982 : 36–37) Winner – Best Film – Tucson Women's Film & Video Festival USA 1986 ''Jog's Trot''  John Papadopoulos Arthur Dignam  Short film  ''Kazzam International''  Bruce Petty  Jude Kuring, John Derum, Gordon Chater, Noeline Brown, John Gaden, Martin Harris, Max Gillies, Chris Haywood, John Stephen  Short film  ''King of the Islands''  Ken Sallows Gary McKechnie, Steven Millichamp Short film  ''The Last Drink''  Kendal Flanagan  Susan Dobson, Nicholas Flanagan  Short film  ''Last Drive-In Movie''  Brett Southwick Tony Mack, Georgina Beard, Richard Maine, Sarah Jane Jenkinson, Peter Green  Short film   ''Leisure''    IMDb ''Let the Balloon Go''  Oliver Howes  Robert Bettles, Jan Kingsbury, Ben Gabriel, Bruce Spence, Ken Goodlet, Ray Barrett, Nigel Lovell, John Ewart  Family Feature film  IMDb ''The Levi Strauss Story''  David Elfick  Jenny Kee, Louise De Telega, Josh Harmon, Michael Ramsden, Tony Edwards, Don Dunstan, Peter Kingston  Short film documentary  ''Life Dreams''  David Perry  Elizabeth Mortison, David Calcott, Rob Dallas Short film  ''Listen to the Lions''  Henri Safran  Wyn Roberts, Barry Lovett, Syd Heylen, Maiva Drummond, Les Foxcroft, John Derum, Ron Ratcliff, Joseph Dicker, Stephen Warren, Paul O'Loughlan, Kevin Leslie Short film  ''Mad Dog Morgan''  Philippe Mora  Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, Bill Hunter, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate, John Hargreaves, Graeme Blundell, Wallas Eaton, Liddy Clark, Peter Cummins, John Derum, Norman Kaye, Hugh Keays-Byrne  Action / Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Mama's Gone A-Hunting''  Peter Maxwell  Judy Morris, Gerard Kennedy, Vince Martin, Carmen Duncan, Peter Stratford, Queenie Ashton, Enid Lorimer, Greg Bepper Drama / Thriller TV film  ''The Man Eaters''  Paul Martin    Short film  ''Master of the World''  Leif Gram John Ewart, Tim Elliot, Mathew O'Sullivan, Ron Haddrick, Judy Morris  Short film  ''McCloud: Night of the Shark''  Ron Satlof  Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Lloyd Bochner, Rowena Wallace, Gus Mercurio, Victoria Shaw, Alwyn Kurts, Max Cullen, Cul Cullen, James Condon, Tony Wager, Grigor Taylor, Bill Charlton, John Fegan, Brian Henderson, Gerry Duggan, Bruce Kerr  Action / Drama TV film Us Co-production. Originally screened as McCloud TV series. ''Me & Mr. Thorne''  Paul Eddey  Johnny Farnham, Gordon Chater, Beverley Phillips, Kate Sheil, Roger Ward, Kevin Leslie, Wallas Eaton, Chuck Faulkner, Denise Drysdale, John Clayton, Luigi Villani, John Cobley, Frank Rich, Lenore Somerset, Nanette Goode Comedy / Crime TV film  ''Melanie & Me''  Chris Fitchett  Michael Carman, Sally Conabere, Debbie Burke, Annie Ryall Short film  ''Mind''  Wayne Moore  Janet Pratt, Des Mulchay, Charmaine Bird, Michael Cotter, Michael Mulchay Short film  ''Murcheson Creek''  Terry Bourke  Mark Edwards, Sandra Lee Paterson, Abigail, Gordon McDougall, Philippa Baker, Lew Luton, Rowena Wallace, Keith Lee, Cornelia Frances, Dennis Miller, Anne Lambert, John Orcsik, Toshiro Bourke Jnr, Alan Cinis, Robert Quilter, Judith Roberts, Ben Huber, Lara Huber, Roger Cox, Susan Fox Mystery / Thriller TV film  ''My Name's Mick''  Lou Brown  Lou Brown  Short film  ''No Room to Run''  Robert Michael Lewis  Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Barry Sullivan, Noel Ferrier, Ray Barrett, Anne Haddy, Cul Cullen, Roger Ward  Drama / Thriller ABC TV film US-Co-production ''Nuts, Bolts and Bedroom Springs''  Gary Young  Steve Michaels, Val Moore, Lyn Sampson, Carol Lane, Barbara Jackson, Gary Young  Short film  ''The Olive Tree''  Edgar Metcalfe  John Adam, Alan Cassell, Faith Clayton, Jenny McNae, Leith Taylor, Robert van Mackelenburg, Richard Williams, Pat Skevington Feature film   ''On the Ball''  Gavin Wilson Peter Kingston, Keiko Rising, Krista, Edwin Denby, Rufus Collins, Julia Sale, Buko, Jack Hannon Short film  ''Out of the Past''  Ellery Ryan  Daryl Strachan, Ellery Ryan, Ruth Brown, Les Carter, John Marriott, John Flaus  Short film  ''Oz''  Chris Löfvén  Joy Dunstan, Bruce Spence, Graham Matters, Bruce Spence, Michael Carman, Robin Ramsay, Gary Waddell, Paula Maxwell Musical Feature film  IMDb ''Queensland''  John Ruane  John Flaus, Bob Karl, Alison Bird, Tom Broadbridge, Jack Mobbs, Gary Metcalf, Les Carter, Patricia Condon Short Feature film  IMDb ''Secret Doors''   Beryl Cheers, Rebecca Gilling, Gerard Maguire, Edward Ogden, John Orcsik, Max Osbiston, Norman Yemm  Mystery / Thriller TV film ''Shay Gap''     IMDb ''Soft Soap''  Ivan Gaal  Max Gillies, Bill Garner, Tony Taylor, Joe Bolza, Helen Hamilton, Bob Thornycroft, Robert Meldrum, Jackie Keren Short film   ''Spyda Man''  Phil Avalon Stan Kazanjian, Dan Davis, Gary Keady, Frank Kennedy, Phil Avalon, Robin Delmas, Debbie Ryan  Short film   ''Storm Boy''  Henri Safran  Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil, Judy Dick, Tony Allison, Michael Moody, Graham Dow, Paul Smith  Drama   IMDb ''The Student''  David King  Darylin Hansen, David Foster, Malcolm Ross  Short film   ''The Stuntmen''    IMDb ''Stunt Rock''  Brian Trenchard-Smith  Grant Page  Documentary Feature film ''Summer of Secrets''  Jim Sharman  Arthur Dignam, Rufus Collins, Nell Campbell, Andrew Sharp, Kate Fitzpatrick, Jude Kuring   IMDb ''Sunshine and Shadows: 70 Years of Australian Cinema''     IMDb ''Surrender in Paradise''  Peter Cox  Errol O'Neill, Ross Gilbert, Rod Wissler, Bill Reynolds, Carolyn Howard, Jeff Blow, Harry Gibbs, Gaye Poole Comedy Feature film  IMDb ''Taggart's Treasure''  Burt Topper  Don Reid, David Gulpilil, Rowena Wallace, Michael Duffield, Frank Wilson, Sandy Gore, Peter Williamson, Brian James  TV film US-Australian co-production  ''The Trespassers''  John Duigan  Judy Morris, Briony Behets, John Derum, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Peter Carmody, Chris Haywood, Max Gillies, John Orcsik, Syd Conabere, John Frawley Drama / Romance Feature film  IMDb ''Tubular Swells''     IMDb ''The Understudy''  Eric Luithle John McTernan, Jeanie Drynan, Don Barkham, Graham Pitts, Ivar Kants, Robin Bowering Short film  ''We Aim to Please''  Robin Laurie, Margot Nash  Short   IMDb ''Zizzem Zam''  Ron Owen Sandra McGregor, Brian Barrie, Andrew Jacob, John Norman  Short film
See also * 1976 in Australia* 1976 in Australian television
References
External links *  Australian film at the Internet Movie Database