Dadah Is Death
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Victor Banerjee
Edgar Metcalfe
Paige Livingston
Neela Dey
David Field
Ainslie Masterton
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A two-part miniseries based on the true story of two Australian youths convicted of attempting to smuggle heroin from Malaysia. Although it was their first offense, they were given the death penalty in Malaysia, where smuggling drugs is a capital offense. The story focuses on the attempt of the mother of one of the youths to obtain her son's freedom.
Cast
Victor Banerjee
Edgar Metcalfe
Paige Livingston
Neela Dey
David Field
Ainslie Masterton
Michael Van Schoor
Alex Pinder
David Bookallil
Hugo Weaving
Jeremy Shadlow
Kerry Armstrong
Laurie Moran
Aldo King
Sarah Jessica Parker
John Polson
Julie Godfrey
Ghandi Macintyre
Barry Henry
Clive Carlin
Davis Roberts
Paul Griffiths
John Orcsik
Georgie Parker
Rona Coleman
Steve Rackman
Robert Willox
Kim Lynch
Peggy Thompson
Alison Mulvaney
Hugh Keays-byrne
Aussie Merciadez
Monroe Reimers
Ernie Edema
Shapoor Batliwalla
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Julie Christie
Robin Ramsay
Gerry Skilton
Maggie King
Dylan O'neill
Mouche Phillips
Frederick Parslow
Jeff Truman
Jeni Caffin
John Hirt
Bruce Venables
David Bracks
Liddy Clark
Frederick Miragliotta
Noah Taylor
Lorrie Cruickshank
Warwick Moss
Crew
Lester Bishop
Kerrie Brown
Michael Brown
Ro Bruen-cook
Matt Carroll
Johnathan Cheung
Mark Dawson
Robert Dein
Michael Dittrick
Bob Donaldson
David Franco
Andrea Gailer
Reg Garside
Grant Hill
Moya Iceton
Phillip Ingram
Jackson Ip
Glen Johnson
Stephen Jones
Fred Karlin
Fred Karlin
Ian Kenny
Bill Kerby
Steve Krantz
Philip Lee
Jerry London
Steve Mason
Nicholas Mccallum
John Milligan
John Milligan
Phill Norman
Daphne Parks
Julian Penney
Julian Penney
Jeune Pritchard
Noel Quinn
Annette Reid
Barbara Ring
Lesely Rouvray
Lesely Rouvray
Anna Senior
Rose Tobias Shaw
Brian Thomson
Jim Troutman
Louise Wakefield
Adele Wilcox
Adele Wilcox
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States October 30, 1988
Aired in United States October 31, 1988
Actress Julie Christie makes her television miniseries debut and actor Victor Banerjee makes his television debut in this production.
Began shooting March 11, 1988.
Completed shooting May 15, 1988.
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Previous titles: "A Long Way Home," "A Long Way From Home" and "Deadly Decision."
This is Goldwyn's first miniseries for network television.