Broken Highway (1993)
Overview
In this moody black and white drama, very much in the mode of the American "western," but with its own film noir characteristics, a whole town is heaved out of its doldrums when a pair of mysterious strangers come visiting. In the beginning of the film, Angel is traveling with his friend Max on a ship to Honeyfield, a town on the coast of Australia. He is coming home to die. Instead, he dies on board the ship, willing his boots to Angel, and an unopened package to someone called "The Dead Man," in Honeyfield. Also on the ship is a man named Tatts, a far less pleasant personality. When Angel gets off to head into Honeyfield, Tatts decides to follow along unseen. The package, Angel was told, contains something its intended recipient has been looking for without knowing it. On finding the recipient, a mean-spirited old man who is more or less the boss and owner of the town, he learns that the package contains opium.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.985 |
Directed By
Laurie McInnes
Crew
Laurie McInnes
Elise Lockwood
Mike Kelly
Laurie McInnes
Lynn Gailey
Gary Mason
Meredith King
Jennifer Cornwell
Eric Sankey
Sharon Gerussi
Guy Parmenter
Liz Begg
Bruce Redman
Jenny Quigley
Gordon Fitch
Angella McPherson
Mark Muggeridge
Phil Cross
Paul 'Salty' Brincat
Craig Walmsley
Basil Krivoroutchko
Chris Strewe
Lisa Thompson
Nic Brunner
Lesley Crawford
Meg Gordon
Christine Miller
Christine Miller
Bill Howe
Jamie Newe
Warren Stewart
Chris Goddard
Gavin Smith
Jack Meyerink
Iain Mathieson
Gene Van Dam
Paul Klicin
Graham Rutherford
Kurt Olsen
Damian Ritchie
Jeanine Chiaivo
John Dennison
Tony Vaccher
Leigh Elmes
Peter Fenton
Ron Purvis
Danny Baldwin
Alan Mowbray
David Faulkner
Steve Mason
Julie Forster
Richard Mason
TOP CAST
Aden Young
Angel
David Field
Tatts
Bill Hunter
Wilson
Claudia Karvan
Catherine
Norman Kaye
Elias Kidd
William McInnes
Roger
Stephen Davis
Jack
Dennis Miller
Max O'Donnell
Kris McQuade
Woman
Peter Settle
Night Manager
Ashley Rycen
Girl at Caravan
Lachlan McInnes
Child in Car
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