Backroads
1977, English. Directed by Phillip Noyce.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 27 June 1977
- Country
- Australia
- Written by
- Josephine Emery, Phillip Noyce
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Backroads runs 61 minutes (1h 1m).
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Who directed Backroads?
Backroads (1977) was directed by Phillip Noyce and stars Bill Hunter, Gary Foley, Zac Martin.