Pure Shit

Humour... in a black vein

Pure Shit — Plot

Four young heroin addicts scour the streets of Melbourne in search of some good-quality narcotics – or as they call it, 'pure shit’. In the space of 48 hours, a friend dies of an overdose, they are ripped off by criminals and arrested and assaulted by police. They bungle a break-in, get chased by hooligans and one is sent to a methadone clinic. The search for drugs veers between farce and tragedy, but it never stops.

• Release date
• August 15, 1975
• Runtime
• 83 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Bert Deling

Pure Shit — Cast

A

Anne Hetherington Sandy

H

Helen Garner Jo

C

Carol Porter Gerry

P

Phil Motherwell Ed

J

John Laurie John Gary Waddell Lou

J

James Williamson Orderly