Movie: Dadah Is Death

Top 10 Billed Cast

Julie Christie
Julie Christie

Barbara Barlow

Hugo Weaving
Hugo Weaving

Geoffrey Chambers

John Polson
John Polson

Kevin Barlow

Victor Banerjee
Victor Banerjee

Karpal Singh

Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker

Rachel Goldman

Kerry Armstrong
Kerry Armstrong

Shawn Burton

Robin Ramsay
Robin Ramsay

Wilf Barlow

Shapoor Batliwalla
Shapoor Batliwalla

Nagendram

Hugh Keays-Byrne
Hugh Keays-Byrne

Hammed

Noah Taylor
Noah Taylor

Andrew Barlow

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    On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A crime which in Malaysia carries a mandatory sentence of death... Dadah Is Death (A Long Way From Home) is the true story of Barbara Barlow's desperate attempt to save her son from the Hangmans rope - a courageous effort that involved impassioned pleas to President Reagan, The British Prime Minister, and even the Pope. By July 1986 this international struggle had seemed to reach a hopeless conclusion and all that was left was a mother's love for her son.

  • Release Date

    1988-10-23

  • Average

    4

  • Rating:

    2.0 starts
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    English
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