Backroads
1977 | 61m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Phillip Noyce |
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| Writer: | Phillip Noyce, Josephine Emery |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 27, 1977 |
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| Director: | Phillip Noyce |
| Writer: | Phillip Noyce, Josephine Emery |
| Genres: | Action |
| Keywords | xenophobia |
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bill Hunter | Jack |
| Gary Foley | Gary |
| Zac Martin | Joe |
| Terry Camilleri | Jean Claude |
| Julie McGregor | Anna |
| Essie Coffey | Aboriginal Woman |
| Allan Penney | Shopkeeper |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| David Huggett | Editor |
| Mary Moody | Publicist |
| Lloyd Carrick | Sound |
| Kevin Kearney | Sound Recordist |
| Elizabeth Knight | First Assistant Director |
| Phillip Noyce | Director, Writer |
| Russell Boyd | Director of Photography |
| Martha Ansara | Second Assistant Director |
| Josephine Emery | Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Knight | Producer |
| Phillip Noyce | Producer |
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