Turtle Beach (1992)
Overview
Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to secretly land, in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians, which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.31 |
Directed By
Stephen Wallace
Crew
Richard Bradshaw
Ray Brown
Colin Deane
Warren Grieef
Kerry Jackson
Pat Nash
John Platt
Jim Sheldon
Aron Walker
David Williamson
Stephen Wallace
Russell Boyd
Ann Turner
Blanche D'Alpuget
Chris Neal
Lee Smith
Brian Thomson
Louise Innes
TOP CAST
Greta Scacchi
Judith
Victoria Longley
Sancha
Jack Thompson
Ralph
Art Malik
Kanan
Joan Chen
Minou
Martin Jacobs
Richard
Kee Chan
Behzad
Norman Kaye
Hobday
William McInnes
Minder
George Whaley
Bill
Daniel De Leur
Peter
Celia Wong
Amah
Monroe Reimers
Mohammed
Stuart Campbell
Nigel
Patrick Dickson
Julian
François Bocquet
French reporter #1
Véronique Bernard
French reporter #2
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