''Dadah Is Death'' is a 1988 Australian film based on the
Barlow and Chambers execution
The Barlow and Chambers executions were the hangings on 7 July 1986 by Malaysia of two Westerners, Kevin John Barlow (Australian and British) and Brian Geoffrey Shergold Chambers (Australian) of Perth, Western Australia, for transporting 14 ...
in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
in 1986.
[Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 pp. 72–73]
It was a 2-part mini series running 2 hours per part.
[Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 176]
Cast
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Julie Christie ... Barbara Barlow
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Hugo Weaving
Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an English actor. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career. He is the recipient of six AACTA Awards, Australian Academy of Cinema and Tel ...
... Geoffrey Chambers
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John Polson ... Kevin Barlow
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Mouche Phillips
Mouche Phillips (born 1973) is an Australian actress and theatre producer, best known for her television roles as Aviva "Viv" Newton in '' Home and Away'' (1989–90) and Eva Sykes in police procedural series '' Water Rats'' (2000–01).
Ea ...
... Michelle Barlow
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American actress and television producer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. ''Time'' magazine named her one of the 1 ...
... Rachel Goldman
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Kerry Armstrong ... Shawn Burton
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Robin Ramsay ... Wilf Barlow
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Victor Banerjee
Victor Banerjee is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked for directors such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shya ...
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Karpal Singh
Dato' Seri Utama Karpal Singh s/o Ram Singh Deo ( pa, ਕਰਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ, Karpāl Siṅgh; 28 June 1940 – 17 April 2014) was an Indian Malaysian politician and lawyer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bu ...
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Shapoor Batliwalla ... Nagendran
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Guy Stone ... John
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David Bookalil
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David Bracks
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
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Clive Carlin
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Liddy Clark
Elizabeth Anne Clark (born 6 November 1953 in Adelaide, South Australia), is an Australian former politician with the Labor Party in the Queensland Legislature who held the seat for Clayfield and also an actress of television and film, director ...
... Gilda Rickman
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Robert Davis ... David West
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Neela Dey
Neela is a feminine given name which may refer to:
People:
*Neela Marikkar, Chairperson of the Grant McCann Erickson, a leading communications group in Sri Lanka
*Neela Padmanabhan (born 1938), Tamil writer
* Neela Sathyalingam (1938–2017), Sing ...
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David Field
* Narian Singh ... Prison Superintendent
Other names
The film is also known as
*''Barlow and Chambers: A Long Way from Home''
*''Deadly Decision''
References
External links
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1988 films
Australian crime drama films
Films set in Malaysia
Films about capital punishment
Crime films based on actual events
Films directed by Jerry London
1988 crime drama films
Films scored by Fred Karlin
1980s English-language films
1980s Australian films
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