A Northern Territory policeman, is given the job of taking an Aboriginal prisoner Emu Foot, to Alice Springs to be tried for a tribal killing. Bayard is wounded during a revenge attack by tribesmen, and Emu Foot helps him get to a remote cattle station. But there Bayard gets involved in a domestic crisis involving Julie Kirkbride, the neurotic, bored wife of the station owner, and is tempted by the head stockman's daughter Chris Palady.
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Cast
16 people
Jill Adams
Julie Kirkbride
Known for
Carry On Constable
Ken Wayne
Justin Bayard
Known for
On the Beach
Chips Rafferty
Lee Robinson
Joy Cavill
Robert Tudawali
Emu Foot
Also in
Whiplash
Jedda
Jon Cleary
Maureen Lanagan
Chris Palady
No other roles listed
W.P. Lipscomb
James Forrest
Tad Kirkbridge
Also in
Pirates of Tortuga
Midnight Lace
Carl Kayser
Jack Hume
Ned Palady
Lee Robinson Director · Joy Cavill Writer Carl Kayser Cinematographer
First release October 3, 1958 · Produced in Australia
Production
Southern International
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Australia
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English
Release dates
Australia · October 3, 1958
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