Backroads
1977•1h 1m•6.3•Released
ActionDrama
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.
Director
Phillip Noyce
Writer
Phillip Noyce
Languages
English
Cast
Bill Hunter
Jack
Gary Foley
Gary
Zac Martin
Joe
Terry Camilleri
Jean Claude
Julie McGregor
Anna
Essie Coffey
Aboriginal Woman
Allan Penney
Shopkeeper
Production
Producer
Elizabeth Knight
Producer
Phillip Noyce
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