Going Down

"It's a dog-eat-dog world and there's never enough dog to go around..."

Middle-class Karli, alcoholic Jane, unemployed Jackie, and square Ellen are four friends living together and barely scraping by in suburban Sydney. But when Karli’s father offers her a little money and a one-way ticket to New York, she finally sees a way out of her dead-end life—that is, until the money goes missing, kickstarting a final night out on the town that none of them will ever forget.

1983

1h 34min

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Top Billed Cast

Tracy Mann
Karli
Vera Plevnik
Jane
David Argue
Greg / Trixie
Mercia Deane-Johns
Ned
Tim Burns
Newlywed Dave
Ralph Cotterill
Karli's father
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Bottom
Richard Moir
Hotel night manager
Claudia Karvan
Disgruntled Child
Lou Brown
Adam

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