Film
Backroads
1977 · 1h 1m · Action · Drama
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- 6.5
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Overview
Two strangers – one white, one black – steal a car in western NSW and head for the coast. Jack is abrasive, cunning and disparaging about Aborigines. Gary doesn’t really care – he just wants to escape. En route, they pick up Gary’s Uncle Joe, a French hitchhiker and a young woman who’s running away. Their petty crimes escalate as they go, heading towards disaster.
Cast
Bill Hunter
Jack
Gary Foley
Gary
Zac Martin
Joe
Terry Camilleri
Jean Claude
Julie McGregor
Anna
Essie Coffey
Aboriginal Woman
Allan Penney
Shopkeeper
Crew
- Phillip NoyceDirector · Producer · Writer
- Josephine EmeryStory
- Elizabeth KnightProducer
- Russell BoydDirector of Photography
- David HuggettEditor
Details
- Release date
- June 27, 1977
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Genres
- Action, Drama
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