Scobie Malone
Sydney homicide detective Sergeant Scobie Malone and his offsider investigate the murder of Helga, whose corpse is found in the basement of the Sydney Opera House.
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"This is an awful adaptation of Jon Cleary's detective novel with shocking dialogue and poor direction resulting in a muddled cop story about the murder of a high-class call-girl. The best thing about the film are the incidentals - the shots of sunny Sydney, especially the Rocks area, and the fashion. Jack Thomson shows his limitations, and comes across as a smug but wooden bastard, though the writing must take most of the blame. Judy Morris is ok, but her character is a bit over-the-top. Everyone else looks as wooden as hell. No wonder this was Terry Ohlsson's only outing as a dire..."
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The movie was a critical and commercial disaster upon its original theatrical release. The book 'Australian Film 1900-1977' stated that "box-office returns were poor" for the film. This was surprising at the time because star 'Jack Thompson''s two previous pictures, Petersen (1974) and Sunday Too Far Away (1975), had both been box-office hits.
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Sydney homicide detective Sergeant Scobie Malone and his offsider investigate the murder of Helga, whose corpse is found in the basement of the Sydney Opera House.