Dadah Is Death

On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A crime which in Malaysia carries a mandatory sentence of death... Dadah Is Death (A Long Way From Home) is the true story of Barbara Barlow's desperate attempt to save her son from the Hangmans rope - a courageous effort that involved impassioned pleas to President Reagan, The British Prime Minister, and even the Pope. By July 1986 this international struggle had seemed to reach a hopeless conclusion and all that was left was a mother's love for her son.

• Bill KerbyWriter
• Jerry LondonDirector
• Fred KarlinOriginal Music Composer

• Julie ChristieBarbara Barlow
• Hugo WeavingGeoffrey Chambers
• John PolsonKevin Barlow
• Victor BanerjeeKarpal Singh
• Sarah Jessica ParkerRachel Goldman
• Kerry ArmstrongShawn Burton
• Robin RamsayWilf Barlow
• Shapoor BatliwallaNagendram
• Hugh Keays-ByrneHammed
• Noah TaylorAndrew Barlow
• Jeremy ShadlowChris Barlow
• Aldo KingShadow Man