Bad Blood
Sooner or later it runs to murder
1982 · 1h 45m · Not Rated
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Mike Newell
Overview
During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people. The police, along with local Maori trackers, hunt him in the bush country.
Director and cast
- Mike Newell Director
- Jack Thompson as Stan Graham
- Carol Burns as Dorothy Graham
- Denis Lill as Ted Best
- Donna Akersten as Doreen Bond
- Martyn Sanderson as Les North
- Marshall Napier as Trev Bond
- Ken Blackburn as Tommo Robson
- John Bach as Bert Cropp
- Cliff Wood as Henry Growcott
- David Copeland as George Lindsay
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