Film

Turtle Beach

1992 · 1h 30m · Thriller · Drama

IMDb

4.7

Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to secretly land, in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians, which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.

Greta Scacchi

Judith

Victoria Longley

Sancha

Jack Thompson

Ralph

Art Malik

Kanan

Joan Chen

Minou

Martin Jacobs

Richard

Kee Chan

Behzad

Norman Kaye

Hobday

William McInnes

Minder

George Whaley

Bill

Daniel De Leur

Peter

Celia Wong

Amah

Monroe Reimers

Mohammed

Stuart Campbell

Nigel

Patrick Dickson

Julian

François Bocquet

French reporter #1

• Stephen WallaceDirector
• Ann TurnerWriter
• Blanche D'AlpugetNovel
• Russell BoydDirector of Photography
• Chris NealOriginal Music Composer
• Lee SmithEditor
• Louise InnesEditor

Release date

March 19, 1992

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

18

Genres

Thriller, Drama

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