The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
To escape the outback, a young Afghan cameleer falls in with a mysterious bushman on the run with stolen Crown gold.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
24 audience votes
Key crew
- Roderick MacKayDirector
- Roderick MacKayScreenplay
- Mark BradshawOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- David WenhamMal
- Ahmed MalekHanif
- Jay RyanSergeant Shaw
- Erik ThomsonCorporal Briggs
- Baykali GanambarrWoorak
- Samson CoulterTrooper Sam
- Gary YoungFai
- Mahesh JaduSadhu
- Kaushik DasJundah
- Goran D. KleutYates
- Osamah SamiMajid
- Trevor JamiesonCoobering
Stills
Themes
opiumcamelbullet woundstolen goldcolonial eraaustralian outbackinitiation ceremonyaustralian westernsmelting1890swestern australiaaustralian gold rush