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Buddies

Buddies

One day it's "she'll be right".....then it's "have a go".....and finally an explosive battle of men and their machines.

Genres

ComedyDrama

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Mike and Johnny are two mates who are mining sapphires in Emerald. Another bloke is trying to move in on their claim and things get ugly

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

5.5/10

Release Date

23 June 1983

Country

Australia

Cast

Colin Friels

Colin Friels

Mike

Harold Hopkins

Harold Hopkins

Johnny

Kris McQuade

Kris McQuade

Stella

Simon Chilvers

Simon Chilvers

Alfred

Bruce Spence

Bruce Spence

Ted

Norman Kaye

Norman Kaye

George

Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller

Andy

Dinah Shearing

Dinah Shearing

Merl

Lisa Peers

Lisa Peers

Jennifer

Andrew Sharp

Andrew Sharp

Peter

Rob Steele

Rob Steele

Policeman

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