Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) is a born loser from the Sydney suburb of Newtown, and a gambler and a bit of an SP bookie. When he's conscripted into the army to fight in the Vietnam war, he deserts, but in pursuit of money, he falls into debt with SP bookies at the local pub. This film, shot at Kapooka camp, contains one of the only depictions in Australian cinema of soldiers training for Vietnam.
as Frankie McCoy
as Margie Harris
as Myra Neilson
as Peg Clancy
as Mrs. McCoy
as Mick Patterson
as Peeper
as Ern
as Barnie
as Nugget
as Jack Kelly
as Sergeant Quinn
as Keith Grayson
as Lennie Ryan
as Peter
as Mrs. Harris
as Mr. Harris
