The read
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Al Shaw's life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the "Smash Palace". His French wife, Jacqui, doesn't appreciate the lack of attention due to Al's obsession with cars. When Al finds her in the arms of another man, he takes his daughter, Georgie and heads for the bush, desperately hoping to hold on to the only family he has left.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
33 audience votes
Key crew
- Roger DonaldsonDirector
- Roger DonaldsonWriter
- Peter HansardWriter
- Bruno LawrenceWriter
- Sharon O'NeillOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bruno LawrenceAl Shaw
- Anna Maria MonticelliJacqui Shaw
- Greer RobsonGeorgie Shaw
- Keith AberdeinRay Foley
- Desmond KellyTiny
- Lynne RobsonLinda
- Margaret UmbersRose
- Bryan Johnson2nd Police Officer
- Terence DonovanTraffic Officer
- Dick RolloUncle Arthur
- Ian BarberFight Leader
- Mike BeytaghArmed Offenders' Squad