Film

Backroads

1977 · 1h 1m · Action · Drama

IMDb

6.5

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.

Bill Hunter

Jack

Gary Foley

Gary

Zac Martin

Joe

Terry Camilleri

Jean Claude

Julie McGregor

Anna

Essie Coffey

Aboriginal Woman

Allan Penney

Shopkeeper

• Phillip NoyceDirector · Producer · Writer
• Josephine EmeryStory
• Elizabeth KnightProducer
• Russell BoydDirector of Photography
• David HuggettEditor

Release date

June 27, 1977

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 1m

Genres

Action, Drama

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