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11/05/1980 Thriller, Action, Drama 1h 37m
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Hated... Desperate... Brutalised... ...They can't stop now!

Overview

Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, this prison movie was inspired by the true life prison riot at Bathurst Jail in 1974 and its subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons.

  1. Stephen Wallace

    Director

  2. Bob Jewson

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Bryan Brown

    China Jackson

  2. Max Phipps

    Norton

  3. Dennis Miller

    Redford

  4. Gary Waddell

    Dave

  5. Phil Motherwell

    Alby

  6. Michael Gow

    Andrew

  7. Edward Robshaw

    Partidge

  8. Tex Morton

    The Govenor (as Robert 'Tex' Morton)

  9. Ray Marshall

    Chalmers

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-03-28
Nails!

Directed by Stephen Wallace and written by Bob Jewson, Stir stars Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Gary Waddell and Phil Motherwell. Music is by Cameron Allan and cinematography by Geoff Burton.

Stir is a tough Australian prison drama based on the real life prison riot that occurred at Bathurst Gaol 1974. Writer Bob Jewson was an inmate at the time and draws on his observations for the screenplay.

The standard rules of prison dramas are adhered to here, sadistic guards, homosexuality (though tenderly handled and not involving rape), poor conditions etc. Where Stir lifts ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$420,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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