We start our Mad Max franchise review! Let's look at the movie that made Mel Gibson an international star.
Quick Facts
Directed by George Miller
Screenplay by James McCausland and George Miller
Story by George Miller and Byron Kennedy
Distributed by Roadshow Film Distributors
Released: April 12, 1979 (Australia)
Budget: $350-400,000
Box Office: $100 million (a record profit at the time)
Starring
Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky, an officer of the Main Force Patrol (MFP)
Joanne Samuel as Jessie Rockatansky, Max's wife
Hugh Keays-Byrne as Toecutter, the leader of a motorcycle gang
Steve Bisley as Jim "Goose" Rains, a member of the MFP's motorcycle unit
Roger Ward as Fred "Fifi" Macaffee, Max's MFP captain
Vincent Gil as Crawford "The Nightrider" Montazano, a member of Toecutter's gang
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