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Backroads (1977)

60 min  -  Crime | Drama  -   27 June 1977 (Australia)
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A black and white lowlife duo drives around Australia's Outback in a stolen vehicle and finds trouble after trouble.

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Writers:

Josephine Emery, Phillip Noyce

Stars:

Bill Hunter, Gary Foley and Zack Martin
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Cast

Cast overview:
Bill Hunter Bill Hunter ...
Jack
Gary Foley Gary Foley ...
Gary
Zack Martin Zack Martin ...
Joe
Terry Camilleri ...
Jean Claude
Julie McGregor Julie McGregor ...
Anna
Essie Coffey Essie Coffey ...
Aboriginal Woman
Allan Penney Allan Penney ...
Shopkeeper
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A black and white lowlife duo drives around Australia's Outback in a stolen vehicle and finds trouble after trouble.

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Australia | Car Theft | One Word Title | Racism | Independent Film  | See more »

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Crime | Drama

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Country:

Australia

Language:

English

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Australian Film Commission, The, Backroads Productions, Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission See more »
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This picture was one of fifty Australian films selected for preservation as part of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Kodak / Atlab Cinema Collection Restoration Project. See more »

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Featured in Feature Film Lighting: Russell Boyd A.C.S. Interviewed by Peter Thompson (1985) See more »