CinemaOSMovie · 1977 · 1h 1m

Backroads

63%(9)IMDbActionDrama

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.

Directed byPhillip Noyce

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 1m
Language
EN
Released
June 27, 1977

Featuring

Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring
Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter

Jack

Gary Foley

Gary

Zac Martin

Joe

Terry Camilleri

Terry Camilleri

Jean Claude

Julie McGregor

Julie McGregor

Anna

Essie Coffey

Essie Coffey

Aboriginal Woman

Allan Penney

Shopkeeper

Creative team
Directed by
Phillip Noyce
Phillip Noyce
Written by
Josephine Emery
Phillip Noyce
Phillip Noyce
Produced by
Elizabeth Knight
Phillip Noyce
Phillip Noyce

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