Plugg (film)

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Plugg
Directed by Terry Bourke
Written byTerry Bourke
Produced byNinki Maslansky
StarringPeter Thompson
Norman Yemm
Cheryl Rixon
CinematographyBrian Probyn
Edited by Rod Hay
Music byBob Young
Production
company
Romac Productions
Release date
  • 3 October 1975 (1975-10-03)
Running time
88 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$100,000 [1]

Plugg is a 1975 Australian sex comedy about a private investigator. [2]

Contents

Plot

Private detective Plugg is hired to watch a suspect escort agency. Inspector Closer comes after Plugg.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Perth. [1]

Reception

The film had a brief run in cinemas. [3] However Tim Burstall in The Bulletin called the film's commercial fate a "total disaster". [4]

David Stratton called the film "cheap and amateurish". [5]

Home media

DVD & streaming releases

TitleFormatEp #DiscsRelease dateSpecial featuresDistributors
PluggDVDFilm012 January 2019Theatrical Trailer (accessible at the end of the Feature)Umbrella Entertainment
PluggUmbrella StreamingFilm-2 January 2019NoneUmbrella Entertainment

References

  1. 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 293
  2. Plugg at National Film and Sound Archive
  3. "Advertisements". The Age. 1 November 1975. p. 127.
  4. "Triumph and Disaster for Australian Films", The bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 24 September 1977, nla.obj-1730367031, retrieved 4 September 2025 via Trove
  5. David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p264