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Backroads(1977)
Status: Released
Date: 1977-06-27
59%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 1m
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: English.
Countries:
Australia
Movie: Backroads
Top 7 Billed Cast
Bill Hunter
Jack
Terry Camilleri
Jean Claude
Julie McGregor
Anna
Essie Coffey
Aboriginal Woman
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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.
Release Date
1977-06-27
Average
5.9
Rating:
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