Dead Heart

Dead Heart

104 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Sept. 8, 1996

Ray Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simmering tensions between the area's aborigine natives and white settlers are on the verge of erupting. When it's discovered that Kate, the white wife of local schoolteacher Les, has despoiled a sacred site by secretly meeting her aborigine lover, Tony, there, a shocking murder threatens to rip the small town apart.

Dead Heart

104 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Sept. 8, 1996

Dead Heart
Ray Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simmering tensions between the area's aborigine natives and white settlers are on the verge of erupting. When it's discovered that Kate, the white wife of local schoolteacher Les, has despoiled a sacred site by secretly meeting her aborigine lover, Tony, there, a shocking murder threatens to rip the small town apart.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Australian Film Finance Corporation, New Town
Original title Dead Heart
Directors Nick Parsons
Writers Nick Parsons

Cast

Bryan Brown

as Ray Lorkin

Ernie Dingo

as David

Angie Milliken

as Kate

Aaron Pedersen

as Tony

John Jarratt

as Charlie

David McCormack

as Justin

David Gulpilil

as Second Man in Desert

Berynn Schwerdt

as Gordon

Anne Tenney

as Sarah

Lafe Charlton

as Billy

Billy McPherson

as First Man in Desert

Stanley Mirindo

as Tjulpu

Peter Francis

as Mannga

Steve Rodgers

as Farrelly

Marshall Napier

as Sgt Oakes

Robert Faggetter

as Tom Erhart

Courtnee Spessot

as Sonia