Backroads poster

Backroads

1977 • 1h1m Action, Drama

Rating

5.9/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Phillip Noyce

Screenplay

Phillip Noyce

Cast

Bill Hunter

Gary Foley

Zac Martin

Release date

6/27/1977

Status

Released

Origin country

AU

Vote count

8