Mad Max 2
Synopsis
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
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Principal cast & crew: 27
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Box Office
1981 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 12× its budget
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$24.6M
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Cast & Crew
27 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Mel Gibson
as Max Rockatansky
Bruce Spence
as The Gyro Captain
Michael Preston
as Pappagallo
Max Phipps
as The Toadie
Vernon Wells
as Wez
Kjell Nilsson
as The Humungus
Emil Minty
as The Feral Kid
Virginia Hey
as Warrior Woman
William Zappa
as Zetta
Arkie Whiteley
as The Captain's Girl
Steve J Spears
as Mechanic
Syd Heylen
as Curmudgeon
Supporting cast
15Moira Claux
as Big Rebecca
David Downer
as Nathan
David Slingsby
as Quiet Man
Kristoffer Greaves
as Mechanic's Assistant
Max Fairchild
as Broken Victim
Tyler Coppin
as Defiant Victim
Jerry O Sullivan
as Golden Youth
Tony Deary
as Grinning Mohawker
Kathleen Mckay
as Victim
Guy Norris
as Bearclaw Mohawk
Anne Jones
as Tent Lover
James Mccardell
as Tent Lover
Harold Baigent
as Voice of Narrator
Stewart Finlay Mclennan
as Medic (uncredited)
Joanne Samuel
as Jessie Rockatansky (archive footage) (uncredited)
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