Plot Summary
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.
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Phillip Noyce
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It has a TMDB rating of 6.3/10 based on 9 votes.
Who directed Backroads?
Backroads was directed by Phillip Noyce and released in 1977.
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Backroads has a runtime of 1 hours and 1 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1977-06-27
- Status
- Released