The Tracker

The Tracker

★ 6.8IMDb Score
Released:2002-08-08
Duration:90 min
Director:Rolf de Heer
Actors:David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page, Noel Wilton
Production:Vertigo Productions, SBS Independent, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Fandango

Overview:

Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.

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