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Fortress

For one teacher and nine children, the lesson of the day is kill or be killed.
1985 | 88m | English

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After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.
Release Date: Nov 24, 1985
Director: Arch Nicholson
Writer: Gabrielle Lord, Everett De Roche
Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Keywords based on novel or book, underground, kidnapping, cave, australia, elementary school, revenge, survival, teacher, school, outback, australian outback
Production Companies Crawford Productions
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Jul 30, 2025
Entered: Apr 13, 2024
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Name Character
Rachel Ward Sally Jones
Sean Garlick Sid
Elaine Cusick Mrs. O'Brien
Laurie Moran Mr. O'Brien
Marc Aden Gray Tommy
Ray Chubb Publican
Bradley Meehan Richard
Rebecca Rigg Narelle
Beth Buchanan Leanne
Anna Crawford Sarah
Richard Terrill Toby
Vernon Wells Dabby Duck
Peter Hehir Father Christmas
David Bradshaw Pussy Cat
Roger Stephen Mac the Mouse
Wendy Playfair Old Woman
Ed Turley Old Man
Nick Waters Det. Sgt. Cotter
Terence Donovan Det. Sgt. Mitchell
Asher Keddie Sue
Name Job
Nicholas McCallum Art Direction
Ralph Strait Editor
Helen Watts Production Manager
Arch Nicholson Director
Danny Beckermann Original Music Composer
David Connell Director of Photography
Philip Warner Production Design
Gabrielle Lord Novel
Everett De Roche Screenplay
Name Title
Hector Crawford Executive Producer
Ian Crawford Executive Producer
Hilary Dwyer Associate Producer
Terry Stapleton Executive Producer
Michael Lake Associate Producer
Raymond Menmuir Producer
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drystyx
9.0

One might view this as the polar opposite of "Lord of the Flies", although both give very credible depictions of kids in dire circumstances. The difference here is that there is a teacher with the kids to guide them. Also, there is no plane crash. Instead, the kids are kidnapped from a very remote ... school in a very remote place in Australia. There are a lot of very interesting aspects to this film. First of all, the protagonists of a beautiful female teacher and her students in a place so remote that all the grades and ages are combined in one tiny class, so we get older kids and younger kids. Then there are the antagonists, the four kidnappers. They wear masks. One, Father Christmas, is super dangerous. Another, the mouse, is also quite dangerous. The other two have their own problems. "Kitty cat" appears to be someone who might today be on a "sexual predator" list, and the duck is the most reluctant of the group. Instead of "spoiling" the stroy, I'll leave it at this to let you go through the adventure, and there are lot of adventures that the protagonists go through. The reason I say it is the polar opposite of "Flies" is that instead of behaving horrible to each other, they work together to try to survive against the maniac who torments them.

Apr 03, 2023