Stir 44 years old

Hated... Desperate... Brutalised... ...They can't stop now!

Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, this prison movie was inspired by the true life prison riot at Bathurst Jail in 1974 and its subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons.

Credits

Stir Cast

Name Character
Bryan Brown He was 32, now 77 years old as China Jackson
Gary Waddell He was 27, now 72 years old as Dave
Phil Motherwell as Alby
Tex Morton He was 63, 66 years old when he died as The Govenor (as Robert 'Tex' Morton)
Max Phipps He was 40, 60 years old when he died as Norton
Ray Marshall He was 51, 58 years old when he died as Chalmers

Stir Crew

Name Department
Geoff Burton as Director of Photography. Camera
Richard Brennan as Producer. Production
Stephen Wallace as Director. He was 36 (now 81) years old Directing
Henry Dangar as Editor. He was 183 (64) years old when He died Editing
Cameron Allan as Original Music Composer. He was 24 (57) years old when He died Sound
Stir poster
Stir (44 years)

Hated... Desperate... Brutalised... ...They can't stop now!

  • Release day: Sunday, May 11, 1980
  • Runtime: 97 minutes
  • Budget: 420000.00