Plugg (film)
| Plugg | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Terry Bourke |
| Written by | Terry Bourke |
| Produced by | Ninki Maslansky |
| Starring | Peter Thompson Norman Yemm Cheryl Rixon |
| Cinematography | Brian Probyn |
| Edited by | Rod Hay |
| Music by | Bob Young |
Production company | Romac Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | AU$100,000[1] |
Plugg is a 1975 Australian sex comedy about a private investigator.[2]
Plot
Private detective Plugg is hired to watch a suspect escort agency. Inspector Closer comes after Plugg.
Cast
- Peter Thompson as Horatio Plugg
- Norman Yemm as Inspector Closer
- Cheryl Rixon as Kelli Kelly
- Reg Gorman as Constable Hector Raymond
- Joseph Fürst as Judge Fraudenheist
- Alan Cassell as Herman Cavanagh
Production
The film was shot in Perth.[1]
Reception
Box office
The film had a brief run in cinemas.[3] However Tim Burstall in The Bulletin called the film's commercial fate a "total disaster".[4]
Critical
The Age wrote "laboured 'dirty' jokes, inane pratfalls, mistimed gags... it is all unbelievably juvenile and makes Alvin Purple look like Buster Keaton."[5]
David Stratton called the film "cheap and amateurish".[6]
Brian McFarlane called it "possibly the worst Australian film ever made... astonishingly inept."[7]
Home media
DVD & streaming releases
| Title | Format | Ep # | Discs | Release date | Special features | Distributors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plugg | DVD | Film | 01 | 2 January 2019 | Theatrical Trailer (accessible at the end of the Feature) | Umbrella Entertainment |
| Plugg | Umbrella Streaming | Film | - | 2 January 2019 | None | Umbrella Entertainment |
References
- ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 293
- ^ Plugg at National Film and Sound Archive
- ^ "Advertisements". The Age. 1 November 1975. p. 127.
- ^ "Triumph and Disaster for Australian Films", The bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 24 September 1977, nla.obj-1730367031, retrieved 4 September 2025 – via Trove
- ^ Bennett, Colin (3 November 1975). "Cinema". The Age. p. 2.
- ^ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p264
- ^ McFarlane, Brian (1987). Australian cinema 1970-1985. Secker & Warburg. p. 122.
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