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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)
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Add to a movie listThe 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.Actors
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