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* '''Wayne Kerrigan''' (Wayne Hope): [[The Quiet One]] who is serving a prison term for armed robbery. The only downer in the Kerrigans' otherwise idyllic life.
* '''Steve Kerrigan''' (Anthony Simcoe): The older brother whose main pastime is reading the ''Trading Post'' (a popular classified ads paper) for good deals on useful junk. Evidently inherited the DIY gene from his dad, because he has a knack for inventing things around the home. [[Running Gag|He's an ideas man.]]
* '''Dale Kerrigan''' (Stephen Curry): the Narrator of the story, prone to [[Department of Redundancy Department|redundantly]] [[Captain Obvious|narrating the obvious]] [[Shaped Like Itself|in his narration]]. Likes [[Makes Just
* '''Tracey Kerrigan''' (Sophie Lee): [[Daddy's Girl]], a certified hairdresser. Once featured as a contestant on the Australian version of [[The Price Is Right]].
* '''Con Petropelous''' (Eric Bana): an accountant, and a fanatical kickboxer who is newly married to Tracey. This was Eric Bana's first cinematic role, and even here he was kicking arse!
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Just when all seems to be lost, Darryl strikes up a chat with Lawrence Hammill (played by the venerable late actor Charles "Bud" Tingwell), who happens to be an retired Queen's Counsel experienced in the area of Constitutional law. Lawrence offers to help Darryl take his case all the way to the highest court in Australia...and the rest is history.
Not to be confused with American murder-mystery series ''[[Castle]]'', or the novel ''The Castle'' by [[
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* [[Amoral Attorney]]: there are a few that pop up as the defence counsel. A particularly intimidating one comes around to Dennis's office and tries to get him to persuade Darryl to settle the case.
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* [[Happily Ever After]]
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Tony Martin (host of [[Get This]]) appears in a split-second cameo as Bud Tingwell's son. Along with Martin, many of the cast have been involved in projects by the film's production company, [[wikipedia:Working Dog Productions|Working Dog Productions]].
* [[Its the Principle of
* [[Land Down Under]]: of course, but ''The Castle'' is probably a hundred times more genuine to the Aussie way of life than [[Crocodile Dundee]].
* [[No Budget]]: The film has been rumoured to have an astronomically small budget (less than $20,000), although the accepted figure is closer to $100,000. Either way, they shot the entire thing over 11 days to save on the catering bill, and renamed the main family so [[Real Life Writes the Plot|they could use real tow trucks borrowed from a business called "Kerrigans Towing". ]]
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