Alvin Purple

Alvin Purple is a 1973 Australian sex comedy film starring Graeme Blundell in the title role, the screenplay was written by Alan Hopgood and directed by Tim Burstall, through his production company Hexagon Productions and Village Roadshow
The film received largely negative reviews from local film critics. Despite this, it was a major hit with Australian audiences. Alvin Purple became the most commercially successful Australian film released to that time, breaking the box office record previously set by Michael Powell's pioneering Anglo-Australian comedy feature They're a Weird Mob (1966), grossing 4.7 million locally (36 million in 2022).
== Story synopsis ==
Alvin Purple is a sex-farce which follows the misadventures of a naïve young Melbourne man Alvin Purple, whom women find irresistible. Working in door to door sales, Alvin (unsuccessfully) tries to resist legions of women who want him.
Alvin is so worn-out he seeks psychiatric help to solve his problems. His psychiatrist is, of course, a woman. Alvin ultimately falls in love with the one girl who does not throw herself at him. She becomes a nun, and Alvin ends up a gardener in the convent's gardens.
== Cast ==
* Graeme Blundell as Alvin Purple
* Abigail as Girl in See-Through
* Lynette Curran as First Sugar Girl
* Jacki Weaver as Second Sugar Girl
* Christine Amor as Peggy
* Dina Mann as Shirley
* Penne Hackforth-Jones as Dr. Liz Sort
* George Whaley as Dr. McBurney
* Dennis Miller as Mr. Horwood
* Jill Forster as Mrs. Horwood
* Fred Parslow as Alvin's Father
* Valerie Blake as Alvin's Mother
* Alan Finney as Spike Dooley
* Elli Maclure as Tina Donovan
* Noel Ferrier as the Judge
* Elke Neidhardt as Woman in Blue Movie
* Gary Down as Roger Hattam
* Peter Aanensen as Ed Cameron
* Jenny Hagen as Agnes Jackson
* Kris McQuade as Samantha
* Shara Berriman as kinky lady
* Stan Monroe as Mrs Warren
* Eileen Chapman as patient
* Jan Friedl as Miss Guernsey
* Barbara Taylor as Mrs Phillips
* Anne Pendlebury as woman with pin
* Boguslawa Alicia Chojnowska
* Danny Webb as newsreader
* Jon Finlayson as Liz's lawyer
* John Smythe as Alvin's lawyer
* Brian Moll as clerk of the court
* Lynne Flanagan as foreman of jury
* Peter Cummins as cab driver
* Sally Conabere as second nun
* Carole Skinner as Mother Superior
Category:1973 films
Category:Australian sex comedy films
Category:1970s sex comedy films