"Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here."

1971

1h 49m

7.3(310 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

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25 members

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Gary Bond

John Grant

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Donald Pleasence

Doc Tydon

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Chips Rafferty

Jock Crawford

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Sylvia Kay

Janette Hynes

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Jack Thompson

Dick

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Peter Whittle

Joe

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Al Thomas

Tim Hynes

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John Meillon

Charlie

Writing

John Armstrong

Atkins

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Slim DeGrey

Jarvis

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Maggie Dence

Receptionist

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Norm Erskine

Joe The Cook

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Owen Moase

First Controller

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John Dalleen

Second Controller

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Buster Fiddess

Charlie Jones

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Tex Foote

Stubbs

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Colin Hughes

Stockman

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Jacko Jackson

Van Driver

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Nancy Knudsen

Robyn

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Dawn Lake

Joyce

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Harry Lawrence

Higgins

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Robert McDarra

Pig Eyes

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Carlo Manchini

Poker Player

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Liam Reynolds

Miner

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Nelson

The Fighting Kangaroo

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