Movie
Mystery Road
Overview
A murdered girl is found under a bridge on a remote road and indigenous detective Jay Swan gets the case. Jay finds that no-one is that interested in solving the murder of an indigenous teenager and he is forced to work alone.
Details
- Release date
- 2013-08-15
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Drama, Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Screen Australia, Mystery Road Films, Bunya Productions
- Country
- Australia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Aaron Pedersen as Det. Jay Swan
- Hugo Weaving as Johnno
- Jack Thompson as Charlie Murray
- Ryan Kwanten as Pete Barry; William Smith
- Tony Barry as Sarge
- Bruce Spence as Jim
- Damian Walshe-Howling as Wayne Silverman
- Tasma Walton as Mary Swan
- Robert Mammone as Robbo
- Samara Weaving as Peggy Rogers
- David Field as Sam Bailey
- Jack Charles as Old Boy
Crew
- Ivan Sen - Director
- Ivan Sen - Writer
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