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Cast

Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter

Jack

Gary Foley

Gary Foley

Gary

Zac Martin

Zac Martin

Joe

Terry Camilleri

Terry Camilleri

Jean Claude

Julie McGregor

Julie McGregor

Anna

Essie Coffey

Essie Coffey

Aboriginal Woman

Allan Penney

Allan Penney

Shopkeeper

Crew

Phillip Noyce

Phillip Noyce

Director

Elizabeth Knight

Elizabeth Knight

Producer

Phillip Noyce

Phillip Noyce

Producer

David Huggett

David Huggett

Editor

Mary Moody

Mary Moody

Publicist

Russell Boyd

Russell Boyd

Director of Photography

Lloyd Carrick

Lloyd Carrick

Sound

Kevin Kearney

Kevin Kearney

Sound Recordist

Martha Ansara

Martha Ansara

Second Assistant Director

Elizabeth Knight

Elizabeth Knight

First Assistant Director

Josephine Emery

Josephine Emery

Story

Phillip Noyce

Phillip Noyce

Writer

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Backroads

19775.9 / 1061 min
Action, Drama

Overview

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.