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Backroads

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Backroads

5.9

1h 1m

1977

Synopsis

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

ActionDrama

xenophobia

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Cast & Crew

Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter

as Jack

Gary Foley

as Gary

Zac Martin

as Joe

Terry Camilleri

Terry Camilleri

as Jean Claude

Julie McGregor

Julie McGregor

as Anna

Essie Coffey

Essie Coffey

as Aboriginal Woman

Allan Penney

as Shopkeeper

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