Movie review - "The Last of the Knucklemen" (1979) **

The final film from Hexagon Productions, the company set up by Tim Burstall and co. following the success of Stork. This movie, about tough miners out in Aussie desert, may have been better received by the public if it hadn’t followed after Sunday Too Far Away (1975) which seems to resemble at times (though John Power’s original play debuted in 1973) and with which it suffers in comparison. A top notch cast of Aussie actors, including Steve Bisley and Gerard Kennedy, do some really good work. Another good featurette on the DVD.