Don Barker
Biography: Don Barker (born 8 March 1940) is an Australian actor, who has appeared in films, television theatre and radio, he best known for his role in the police procedural series Homicide as Detective Sargeant Harry White, and briefly in the prison drama Prisoner as social worker Bill Jackson.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 08, 1940
Deathday: N/A
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Playing Beatie Bow
1986-08-07
Playing Beatie Bow
Overview: Abigail Kirk was an ordinary enough sixteen year old growing up in todays Sydney. An intriguing chain of events finds Abigail, through some eerie time shift, transported back one hundred years after watching some children playing a scary game called Beatie Bow.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-07
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Fair Game
1986-07-24
Fair Game
Overview: A young woman running a wildlife sanctuary in the Australian outback is in for trouble when she is confronted by three kangaroo hunters. Bored with killing kangaroos, they decide to kill the animals in the sanctuary, and when they see how attractive the owner is, they decide to have a little "fun" with her, too. Turns out that they may get a bit more "fun" than they bargained for.
Genres: Action Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-24
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In a Savage Land
1999-10-21
In a Savage Land
Overview: Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research in pre-World War II. Eventually the war breaks out and many lives are disrupted and complicated.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-21
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A Sting in the Tail
1989-11-01
A Sting in the Tail
Overview: Diane Lane is intelligent and ambitious. When she is elected to Parliament her idealism and commitment give her unpopular party a boost. Everyone, including the Prime Minister, is eager to share her limelight. Diane’s ambition is not satisfied with her new position. Diane’s married lover, Barry Robbins, the Minister for Health, is unaware of Diane’s ultimate plan. Her closest friend, Louise Parker, a political journalist, is a bit more realistic about what women can achieve; she too has a higher goal in mind.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-01
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Taxi!
1978-08-08
Taxi!
Overview: Taxi driver Terry Dean picks up a sheila and they're run off the road, she takes off leaving her bag behind and he goes on an adventure trying to track her down concerned about her. An Aussie film noir.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-08
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The Life of Harry Dare
1995-06-10
The Life of Harry Dare
Overview: Harry Dare is a shambolic Adelaide private investigator. He’s still not certain why he’s in the business; perhaps to understand his father’s disappearance, 20 years earlier? But now Harry’s got a real case: who stole his father’s old Kombi van, nicked (oddly) just after Harry finished restoring it?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-10
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The Time Guardian
1987-12-03
The Time Guardian
Overview: In the distant future, the human race nears extinction and a new race of beast-like creatures rule the earth. The few surviving people live in the City, a huge protected construction with the ability to travel in both space and time. The City travels back to our time to save humanity...
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-03
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Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002-02-04
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Overview: In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-04
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Gallipoli
1981-08-13
Gallipoli
Overview: As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, a brutal eight-month conflict which pit the British and their allies against the Ottoman Empire and left over 500,000 men dead.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-13
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The Battlers
1994-07-14
The Battlers
Overview: Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail. Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-14
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Cut
2000-02-23
Cut
Overview: A group of film students set out to finish filming a movie that was never completed after its director was murdered. After they begin filming, they realize they're in for a bit of trouble, not unlike the late director...
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-23
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