The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
69 audience votes
Key crew
- Fred SchepisiDirector
- Bruce SmeatonOriginal Music Composer
- Fred SchepisiScreenplay
Cast
- Tom E. LewisJimmie Blacksmith
- Freddy ReynoldsMort Blacksmith
- Ray BarrettFarrell
- Jack ThompsonRev. Neville
- Don CrosbyJack Newby
- Angela Punch McGregorGilda Marshall
- Steve DoddTabidgi
- Peter CarrollMcCready
- Ruth CracknellMrs. Heather Newby
- Elizabeth AlexanderPetra Graf
- Peter SumnerDowie Steed
- Tim RobertsonHealey
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookbiographybased on true storymurderrampagecriminalaxe murderindigenous australiansaboriginenew south wales1900s