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 | 1.516 |
Directed By
Laurie McInnes
Crew
Elise Lockwood
Mike Kelly
Laurie McInnes
Laurie McInnes
Craig Walmsley
Chris Strewe
Alan Mowbray
Jeanine Chiaivo
Lynn Gailey
Sharon Gerussi
Gordon Fitch
Christine Miller
Christine Miller
Paul 'Salty' Brincat
Meg Gordon
Meredith King
Eric Sankey
Jennifer Cornwell
Gary Mason
Angella McPherson
Mark Muggeridge
Basil Krivoroutchko
Leigh Elmes
Gavin Smith
Iain Mathieson
John Dennison
Julie Forster
Richard Mason
Danny Baldwin
Bruce Redman
Lesley Crawford
Paul Klicin
Phil Cross
Nic Brunner
Jamie Newe
Damian Ritchie
Liz Begg
Jenny Quigley
Gene Van Dam
Peter Fenton
Steve Mason
Warren Stewart
Kurt Olsen
Bill Howe
David Faulkner
Graham Rutherford
Ron Purvis
Guy Parmenter
Lisa Thompson
Jack Meyerink
Tony Vaccher
Chris Goddard
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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