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Backroads (1977)

1h 1m

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Backroads (1977)

Name: Backroads
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama, Crime
Released: 1977-06-27

1h 1m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

Where to Watch.

Free

Currently Backroads is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Kanopy

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Cast & Crew.

Bill Hunter

Jack

Gary Foley

Gary

Zac Martin

Joe

Terry Camilleri

Jean Claude

Julie McGregor

Anna

Essie Coffey

Aboriginal Woman

Allan Penney

Shopkeeper

Phillip Noyce

Director / Producer / Writer

Elizabeth Knight

Producer / First Assistant Director

David Huggett

Editor

Stan Penrose

Policeman

Mary Moody

Publicist

Russell Boyd

Director of Photography

Lloyd Carrick

Sound

Kevin Kearney

Sound Recordist

Martha Ansara

Second Assistant Director

Josephine Emery

Story

Details.

Release Date
June 27, 1977

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 1m

Genres
Adventure Action Drama Crime

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

xenophobia

Wiki.

Backroads is a 1977 Australian film directed by Phillip Noyce. Two strangers – one white (Jack), one Aboriginal (Gary) – steal a car in western New South Wales and drive around the coast. The original characters came from a story by Adelaide writer John Emery, with whom Noyce had worked on a short film. Australian reviews of the film were mixed, and it opened commercially in only one cinema.