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Backroads

  • 1977
  • TMDB 6.3/10
  • 1h 1m

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.

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.

Cast

  • Bill HunterJack
  • Gary FoleyGary
  • Zac MartinJoe
  • Terry CamilleriJean Claude
  • Julie McGregorAnna
  • Essie CoffeyAboriginal Woman
  • Allan PenneyShopkeeper

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