Dadah Is Death

1988 Australian film
Dadah Is Death
Directed byJerry London
Written byBill Kerby
StarringJulie Christie
Hugo Weaving
John Polson
Victor Banerjee
Sarah Jessica Parker
Mouche Phillips
Music byFred Karlin
Release date
23 October 1988
Running time
180 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Dadah Is Death is a 1988 Australian film based on the Barlow and Chambers execution in Malaysia in 1986.[1]

It was a 2-part mini series running 2 hours per part.[2]

Cast

  • Julie Christie as Barbara Barlow
  • Hugo Weaving as Geoffrey Chambers
  • John Polson as Kevin Barlow
  • Mouche Phillips as Michelle Barlow
  • Sarah Jessica Parker as Rachel Goldman
  • Kerry Armstrong as Shawn Burton
  • Robin Ramsay as Wilf Barlow
  • Victor Banerjee as Karpal Singh
  • Shapoor Batliwalla as Nagendran
  • Guy Stone as John
  • David Bookalil
  • David Bracks
  • Clive Carlin
  • Liddy Clark as Gilda Rickman
  • Robert Davis as David West
  • Neela Dey
  • David Field
  • Narian Singh as Prison Superintendent
  • Georgie Parker as Corine Johnstone

Other names

The film is also known as

  • Barlow and Chambers: A Long Way from Home
  • Deadly Decision

References

  1. ^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 pp. 72–73
  2. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 176

External links

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Films directed by Jerry London
  • Killdozer! (1974)
  • Ma and Pa (1974)
  • Goodnight Jackie (1974)
  • The World of Darkness (1977)
  • Cover Girls (1977)
  • Wheels (1978)
  • Escapade (1978)
  • Evening in Byzantium (1978)
  • Women in White (1979)
  • Swan Song (1980)
  • Shōgun (1980)
  • Father Figure (1980)
  • The Ordeal of Bill Carney (1981)
  • The Gift of Life (1982)
  • The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
  • Chiefs (1983)
  • Ellis Island (1984)
  • If Tomorrow Comes (1986)
  • Dark Mansions (1986)
  • Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986)
  • Harry's Hong Kong (1987)
  • Rent-a-Cop (1987)
  • Dadah Is Death (1988)
  • Kiss Shot (1989)
  • The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989)
  • A Season of Giants (1990)
  • Vestige of Honor (1990)
  • Victim of Love (1991)
  • Grass Roots (1992)
  • Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story (1992)
  • A Twist of the Knife (1993)
  • Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story (1993)
  • I Spy Returns (1994)
  • A Mother's Gift (1995)
  • A Promise to Carolyn (1996)
  • A Holiday for Love (1996)
  • Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (1997)
  • Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story (1997)
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas (1997)
  • Beauty (1998)
  • As Time Runs Out (1999)
  • Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (2000)
  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (2001)
  • Counterstrike (2002)
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