Movie review - "High Rollin'" (1977) *

Forrest Redlich proved with E Street and its spin off music division that he was a dab hand at making slick, enjoyable entertainment – he learnt a lot since writing this ghastly road movie. Grigor Jordan and Joseph Bottoms are the unlikeable heroes who take off on a road trip to the Gold Coast. There are some compensations – Sherbert on the soundtrack, Judy Davis in her first film role as a hitchhiker who wants to be a hooker. (It’s always nice to know no matter how high-falutin’ Judy Davis gets the Australian viewing public have always got High Rollin’ on her. Like Nickers with BMX Bandits.)

On the short featurette everyone seems to know they made a crap movie, even the director, but they feel awkward about saying so. One of the films that helped kill Hexagon.