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The Last of the Knucklemen is a film of genre Drama directed by Tim Burstall with Gerard Kennedy

The Last of the Knucklemen (1979)

The Last of the Knucklemen
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Length 1h33
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Genres Drama
Rating68% 3.4147153.4147153.4147153.4147153.414715

The Last of the Knucklemen is a 1979 Australian film directed by Tim Burstall.

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The story involves a gang of rough miners. Tom (Peter Hehir) turns up at the mine looking for a place to hide. He allies himself with the mining foreman Tarzan (Gerard Kennedy) before the big fight.

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