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Backroads

Backroads

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Action   Drama
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1977-06-27
⌚ Running Time: 61 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.9

Beloved Cast

Bill Hunter original image
Jack
Bill Hunter
Gary Foley original image
Gary
Gary Foley
Zac Martin original image
Joe
Zac Martin
Terry Camilleri original image
Jean Claude
Terry Camilleri
Julie McGregor original image
Anna
Julie McGregor
Essie Coffey original image
Aboriginal Woman
Essie Coffey
Allan Penney original image
Shopkeeper
Allan Penney

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