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    Caddie (1976)

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    In Sydney in 1925, Caddie (Helen Morse) gets a job as a barmaid in an inner-city pub after walking out on an unfaithful husband. She has no money and two children to feed.

    There are fights, foul language and men throwing up on the floor, and the working conditions are appalling. But she learns the trade with help from fellow barmaid Josie (Jacki Weaver).

    A brief affair with Ted, an SP bookmaker (Jack Thompson), ends badly, but she gets a job in a classier pub and falls in love with Peter (Takis Emmanuel), a charming and sophisticated Greek dress manufacturer who’s also still married.

    He is called back to his dying father in Greece just as the Depression hits, but he promises to return soon. Caddie is once again alone, without a job or the money to feed her children.

    Her struggle continues. Caddie is befriended by friendly Rabbito Bill Sutton (Syd Heylen), who helps her and her children when she is suffering from malnutrition.

    Working again, she takes on SP betting at a bar for Paddy Reilly (John Ewart), where she evades the police by keeping the betting slips up the leg of her bloomers.

    With her own divorce pending, Caddie gets word from Peter in Greece that he is now divorced and wants her to join him in Athens. She realises that if she goes, she could lose the children, and so she stays in Australia.

    This Australian film was based on the real story of a young woman and her two children during the 1920s and 30s. It took her seven years to complete the book, but the identity of the real ‘Caddie’ is still a closely guarded secret.

    CaddieCaddie
    Helen Morse
    Peter
    Takis Emmanuel
    Esther
    Kirrily Nolan
    Josie
    Jacki Weaver
    Ted
    Jack Thompson
    Maudie
    Lynette Curran
    Leslie
    Melissa Jaffer
    Bill
    Ron Blanchard
    Rabbito Bill Sutton 
    Syd Heylen
    Sonny
    Drew Forsythe
    John Marsh
    Phillip Hinton
    Mrs Marks
    June Salter
    Paddy Reilly
    John Ewart
    Vikki
    Jane Harders
    John Marsh
    Phillip Hinton
    Mrs Norris
    Pat Evison
    Mr Norris
    Les Foxcroft
    Daisy
    Jan Adele
    Ivy
    Elizabeth Chance
    Mr Platt
    Richard Gilbert
    Wally
    Johnny Gredula
    Sarah Tonks
    Jenny Howard
    Mrs Sweeney
    Joy Hruby
    Mrs Platt
    Delore Whiteman

    Director
    Donald Crombie

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