Movie
My Brilliant Career
Overview
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
Details
- Release date
- 1979-08-17
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- New South Wales Film Corp., GUO, Margaret Fink Productions
- Country
- Australia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Judy Davis as Sybylla Melvyn
- Sam Neill as Harry Beecham
- Wendy Hughes as Aunt Helen
- Robert Grubb as Frank Hawdon
- Max Cullen as Mr. McSwatt
- Aileen Britton as Grandma Bossier
- Peter Whitford as Uncle Julius
- Patricia Kennedy as Aunt Gussie
- Alan Hopgood as Father
- Julia Blake as Mother
- David Franklin as Horace
- Marion Shad as Gertie
Crew
- Gillian Armstrong - Director
- Eleanor Witcombe - Writer
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