With Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan, Peter Cook, Dennis Price, Avice Landone, Christopher Malcolm, Judith Furse, Jenny Tomasin, Julie Covington, Mary Ann Severne, Paul Bertram, Margo Lloyd, Dick Bentley
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie is a 1972 Australian film starring Barry Crocker, telling the story of an Australian ‘yobbo’ on his travels to the United Kingdom. Barry McKenzie was originally a character created by Barry Humphries for a cartoon strip in Private Eye. The movie was the first Australian film to surpass one million dollars in Australian box office receipts. A sequel, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, was produced in 1974.
Barry Humphries appears in several roles, including: a hippie, Barry McKenzie’s psychiatrist Doctor De Lamphrey, and as Aunt Edna Everage. Humphries would later achieve fame with the character of Dame Edna in the UK and USA.
The film was produced by Phillip Adams, who became a prominent op-ed journalist and broadcaster, and directed by Bruce Beresford.
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