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Dadah Is Death

(1988)

October 23, 1988 3h 0m
40%
TMDB Score

Overview

On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A crime which in Malaysia carries a mandatory sentence of death... Dadah Is Death (A Long Way From Home) is the true story of Barbara Barlow's desperate attempt to save her son from the Hangmans rope - a courageous effort that involved impassioned pleas to President Reagan, The British Prime Minister, and even the Pope. By July 1986 this international struggle had seemed to reach a hopeless conclusion and all that was left was a mother's love for her son.

Jerry London

Director

Top Billed Cast

JC

Julie Christie

Barbara Barlow

HW

Hugo Weaving

Geoffrey Chambers

JP

John Polson

Kevin Barlow

VB

Victor Banerjee

Karpal Singh

SJP

Sarah Jessica Parker

Rachel Goldman

KA

Kerry Armstrong

Shawn Burton

RR

Robin Ramsay

Wilf Barlow

SB

Shapoor Batliwalla

Nagendram

HK

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Hammed

NT

Noah Taylor

Andrew Barlow