A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
australia
based on novel or book
gambling
beer
alcoholism
teacher
mining town
outback
hunt
drunkenness
australian outback
christmas
kangaroo
coin toss
independent film
Rank
#8 in 1971·#813 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Donald Pleasence
Doc Tydon
Gary Bond
John Grant
Chips Rafferty
Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay
Janette Hynes
Jack Thompson
Dick
Peter Whittle
Joe
John Meillon
Charlie
Slim DeGrey
Jarvis
Maggie Dence
Receptionist
Crew
Ted Kotcheff
Director
Evan Jones
Screenplay
John Scott
Original Music Composer
Anthony Buckley
Editor
Popular Reviews
115 reviews
Tristan
7.0★ · 05/07/26
I know the rise of technology has made the world a more connected, "smaller" place, but I always wonder if these remote patches of hell on earth communities still exist in some form.
I know the rise of technology has made the world a more connected, "smaller" place, but I always wonder if these remote patches of hell on earth communities still exist in some form.
C
10.0★ · 05/03/26
Rip poor kangaroos
Rip poor kangaroos
Jordan
9.0★ · 04/26/26
Happy ANZAC day long weekend.
Happy ANZAC day long weekend.
cormac
9.0★ · 02/25/26
won’t watch again had to skip over the #animal cruelty
won’t watch again had to skip over the #animal cruelty
