Action ·Drama · Australia · 1977 · 1h 1m

Backroads

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Director
Phillip Noyce
Cast
Bill Hunter as Jack Gary Foley as Gary Zac Martin as Joe Terry Camilleri as Jean Claude Julie McGregor as Anna Essie Coffey as Aboriginal Woman
Crew
Russell Boyd — Director of Photography David Huggett — Editor Phillip Noyce — Writer Josephine Emery — Story Elizabeth Knight — Producer Phillip Noyce — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
xenophobia
Key Collaborators
Phillip Noyce Director Russell Boyd Director of Photography David Huggett Editor Phillip Noyce Writer Josephine Emery Story Elizabeth Knight Producer Phillip Noyce Producer
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