Film · 1977 · Action
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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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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Backroads (1977) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 1h 1m action directed by Phillip Noyce is rated 6.3/10 by 9 viewers.
Backroads was released on June 27, 1977.
Backroads was directed by Phillip Noyce.
Backroads has a runtime of 61 minutes (1h 1m).
Backroads is categorized as Action, Drama.
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