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Director:
Writers:
Everett De Roche (screenplay)
Gabrielle Lord (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
31 July 1986 (Australia) more
Genre:
Tagline:
For one teacher and nine children, the lesson of the day is kill or be killed. more
Plot:
An Australian school teacher and her students are kidnapped. She and the children fight for their lives and try to escape from their captors. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
This Thriller isn't that bad. more (38 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Sean Garlick ... Sid

Rachel Ward ... Sally Jones
Elaine Cusick ... Mrs. O'Brien
Laurie Moran ... Mr. O'Brien
Marc Aden ... Tommy (as Marc Gray)
Ray Chubb ... Publican
Bradley Meehan ... Richard
Rebecca Rigg ... Narelle
Beth Buchanan ... Leanne
Asher Keddie ... Sue
Anna Crawford ... Sarah
Richard Terrill ... Toby
Vernon Wells ... Dabby Duck
Peter Hehir ... Father Christmas
David Bradshaw ... Pussy Cat
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Additional Details

Runtime:
85 min | USA:88 min
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Color:
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Germany:16 | Norway:18 (video premiere)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Loosely based on the 1972 Faraday School kidnapping of a teacher and her class by Edwin John Eastwood and Robert Clyde Boland. Eastwood later escaped from prison and repeated the crime with another teacher and her class in 1977. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The Father Christmas mask is definitely burned, but later, Tommy wears it. more
Quotes:
Leanne: Hey, that's like us; WE'VE got a trophy, too. more
Movie Connections:
References "Kojak" (1973) more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
This Thriller isn't that bad., 25 February 2002
Author: cosmos80 from United States

In this movie, A group of crazed Aussie group of thugs, kidnap a group of students in a school house and hold them hostage. A movie, with a plot that doesn't look promising at first, manages to stabilized itself with all the suspense. It maybe isn't the best of movies, but all the thrills, and chills are all in the right place, and it isn't such a bad movie to watch. *** out of ****

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