Eleven-year-old Marco (Daniel D'Amico) is cunning and smart, and he knows it. With the face of an angel and the heart of a trickster, his pranks are the terror of the neighborhood and everyone is fair game for his cunning imagination. Can Marco get away with his annoying behavior or will he end up behind the eight ball? Can the town be made safe from Marco the Menace?
Down-on-their-luck drifters Kearney and Martin wander into the small town of Cedar Creek looking to swindle a few pounds from the locals. After a not-too-friendly reception, the pair decide to move into an abandoned shack on the outskirts of town. They are soon joined in their new home by Joycie, another town outcast with a shady past. While the three manage to start a rather happy life together, they soon find that others in the town strongly disapprove of their living arrangements.
Why is everyone out to sabotage him? Cliff Rowan has been hired to recover a stolen payroll hidden in the rugged Australian hills and mountains near his boyhood town. But instead of a warm welcome and helping hand, his former sweatheart, his old school friends, and in fact, practically the whole town...want him out! When his friend, Riley, is needlessly killed, Cliff realizes the buried strongbox holds more than cold cash. The mystery unfolds.
Австралийско-американский психологический триллер (экранизация одноимённого романа австралийского писателя Кеннета Кука, опубликованного в 1961 году), рассказывающий о погружении молодого учителя из австралийской глубинки в пучину алкоголизма и насилия в незнакомом городе.
While flying to the first stop on their latest tour, the four members of the Australian music group The Seekers recall in flashback the origins of the group and their rise to success.
