Frankie was a born loser . . . who took on the whole world!
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98 min
Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) is a born loser from the Sydney suburb of Newtown, and a gambler and a bit of an SP bookie. When he's conscripted into the army to fight in the Vietnam war, he deserts, but in pursuit of money, he falls into debt with SP bookies at the local pub. This film, shot at Kapooka camp, contains one of the only depictions in Australian cinema of soldiers training for Vietnam.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Shorter | Frankie McCoy | Unowned | |
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Rowena Wallace | Margie Harris | Unowned |
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Carmen Duncan | Myra Neilson | Unowned |
| Judith Fisher | Peg Clancy | Unowned | |
| Lyndall Barbour | Mrs. McCoy | Unowned | |
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Slim DeGrey | Mick Patterson | Unowned |
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Max Cullen | Peeper | Unowned |
| Kevin Leslie | Ern | Unowned | |
| Goff Vockler | Barnie | Unowned | |
| Lou Vernon | Nugget | Unowned | |
| John Armstrong | Jack Kelly | Unowned | |
| Peter Aanensen | Sergeant Quinn | Unowned | |
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Max Phipps | Keith Grayson | Unowned |
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Vincent Gil | Lennie Ryan | Unowned |
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Henri Szeps | Peter | Unowned |
| Marion Johns | Mrs. Harris | Unowned | |
| John Barnes | Mr. Harris | Unowned |