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Puberty Blues is a 1981 Australian coming of age film directed by Bruce Beresford. The film is based on the 1979 novel Puberty Blues, by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette, which is a protofeminist teen novel about two 13-year-old girls from the lower middle class Sutherland Shire in Sydney. The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with the "Greenhill gang" of surfers, who have an unrestrained attitude toward casual sex, drugs and alcohol over the course of summer.
Original Release
12/10/1981
US Release
07/15/1983
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nell Schofield | Debbie Vickers |
Jad Capelja | Sue Knight |
Jeffrey Rhoe | Garry |
Tony Hughes | Danny |
Sandy Paul | Tracy / Tracey |
Leander Brett | Cheryl |
Jay Hackett | Bruce |
Ned Lander | Strach |
Joanne Olsen | Vicki |
Julie Medana | Kim |
Directors
Writers
Kathy Lette, Margaret Kelly, Gabrielle Carey
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nell Schofield | Debbie Vickers |
Jad Capelja | Sue Knight |
Jeffrey Rhoe | Garry |
Tony Hughes | Danny |
Sandy Paul | Tracy / Tracey |
Leander Brett | Cheryl |
Jay Hackett | Bruce |
Ned Lander | Strach |
Joanne Olsen | Vicki |
Julie Medana | Kim |
Michael Shearman | Glenn |
Dean Dunstone | Seagull |
Tina Robinson | Freda |
Nerida Clark | Carol |
Kirrily Nolan | Mrs. Vickers |
Alan Cassell | Mr. Vickers |
Rowena Wallace | Mrs. Knight |
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | The Headmaster |
Kate Sheil | Mrs. Velland |
Pamela Gibbons | Jazz Ballet Teacher |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Margaret Kelly | Producer |
Joan Long | Producer |