Jacki Weaver Collection: Caddie / Squizzy Taylor

Helen Morse takes the title role in "Caddie" (1976), the heartfelt adaptation from the memoirs of Caddie Marsh, the Depression-era Sydney housewife who gathered up her kids and walked away from an adulterous and abusive husband to provide for them on her own. Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver, Melissa Jaffer, Takis Emmanuel also star. Then, David Atkins portrays the diminutive, self-promoting career hoodlum who became the terror of Roaring '20s Melbourne, in "Squizzy Taylor" (1982). Weaver, Alan Cassell, Michael Long, Steve Bisley also star. 197 min. total. Soundtrack: English.