Movie

Backroads (1977)

• June 27, 1977
• 1h 1m

• Action
• Drama

Overview

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.

Director

Phillip Noyce

Writers

Josephine Emery, Phillip Noyce

Starring

Bill Hunter, Gary Foley, Zac Martin