Backroads · 1977

Backroads

Phillip Noyce · 61 min · Australia

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.

Locations

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Setting

Nueva Gales del Sur

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Cast

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  Bill Hunter

  Jack

• Gary Foley

  Gary

• Zac Martin

  Joe

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  Terry Camilleri

  Jean Claude

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  Julie McGregor

  Anna

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  Essie Coffey

  Aboriginal Woman

• Allan Penney

  Shopkeeper