Stir
6.8
“Hated... Desperate... Brutalised... ...They can't stop now!”
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.
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Cast
12 people
Bryan Brown
China Jackson
Known for
Cocktail
F/X
Max Phipps
Norton
Known for
Mad Max 2
Thirst
Dennis Miller
Redford
Known for
Frog Dreaming
Evil Angels
Gary Waddell
Dave
Known for
Chopper
Man-Thing
Phil Motherwell
Alby
Also in
Mad Max
Bloodlust
Michael Gow
Andrew
Also in
The Boy Who Had Everything
Edward Robshaw
Partidge
No other roles listed
Tex Morton
The Govenor (as Robert 'Tex' Morton)
Also in
We of the Never Never
Goodbye Paradise
Ray Marshall
Chalmers
Known for
Where the Green Ants Dream
ABBA: The Movie
Syd Heylen
Old Bob
Known for
Mad Max 2
Paul Sonkkila
McIntosh
Known for
Daybreakers
The Interview
Robert Noble
Riley
Also in
A Town Like Alice
The Great Bookie Robbery
Stephen Wallace Director · Bob Jewson Writer Cameron Allan Composer
Budget $420K · First release May 11, 1980 · Produced in Australia
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Budget
$420,000
Production
Smiley Productions
Production
New South Wales Film Corp.
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 11, 1980
Theatrical
Australia · October 23, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Cyprus
August 11, 1980 · Theatrical
Norway
May 11, 1980 · Theatrical
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