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Backroads

Backroads

★ 6.3/10•1977•1h 1m•Action•Drama

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.

Phillip Noyce · Director

Phillip Noyce · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 1m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 27, 1977

Actors

Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter

Jack

Gary Foley

Gary

Zac Martin

Joe

Terry Camilleri

Terry Camilleri

Jean Claude

Julie McGregor

Julie McGregor

Anna

Essie Coffey

Essie Coffey

Aboriginal Woman

Allan Penney

Shopkeeper

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