Dead Heart (1996)

5.8/10 104 min Mystery Thriller Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Bryan Brown

Ray Lorkin

Ernie Dingo

David

Angie Milliken

Kate

Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie

Poppy

Aaron Pedersen

Tony

John Jarratt

Charlie

David Gulpilil

Second Man in Desert

Berynn Schwerdt

Gordon

Anne Tenney

Sarah

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Les

Lafe Charlton

Billy

Steve Rodgers

Farrelly

Marshall Napier

Sgt Oakes

Dave McCormack

Justin

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