Doing Time for Patsy Cline

1h 35min

Comedy

Following a passion for country music, Ralph leaves his father’s sheep farm in a remote Australian town, armed with a guitar and a plane ticket to Nashville, Tennessee. He hopes to hitchhike to Sydney Airport where his take-off into a successful country/western singing career will hopefully begin. However, fate and his naivety find him hitchhiking with a psychotic drug thief named Boyd, and Boyd's mesmerising girlfriend, Patsy. The plot then splits into a series of parallels, flash forwards and flashbacks. One depicts Ralph’s imprisonment after being framed for drug trafficking. The other follows the dramatic ascent of his career to hype status and the pairing between the dynamic Patsy and himself.

Production Companies

Oilrag Productions

New South Wales Film & Television Office

Australian Film Finance Corporation

Cast

Tom Long

Tom Long

Brad Goodall
Tyler Coppin

Tyler Coppin

Bobby Joe
Colette Brus

Colette Brus

Waitress
Phil Collins

Phil Collins

Police Photographer
Shayne Francis

Shayne Francis

TV Reporter
Rowan Jackson

Rowan Jackson

Warren's Henchman
Len Kaserman

Len Kaserman

Master of Ceremonies
Wayne Pygram

Wayne Pygram

Geoff Spinks
Doug

Doug

Ralph's Dog

Release date

25th Sep 1997

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English