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Dadah Is Death (TV)

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Original title

Dadah Is Death

Year

1988

Running time

180 min.

Country

Australia

Director

Jerry London

Screenwriter

Bill Kerby

Cast

Music

Fred Karlin

Cinematography

Julian Penney

Producer

Co-production Australia-United States;

Home Productions, Roadshow Coote & Carroll, Samuel Goldwyn Television, Steve Krantz Productions. Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Company

Genre

Drama | TV Movie. Drugs. Based on a true story

Synopsis

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 hangman's rope.

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Dadah Is Death (TV)

1988

Jerry London