Dadah Is Death (1988)

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Country: Australia, USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1988-10-30
Director: Jerry London
Writers: Bill Kerby
Language: English
Stars: Julie Christie (I) , Hugo Weaving , John Polson , Sarah Jessica Parker , Kerry Armstrong , Robin Ramsay , Victor Banerjee , Shapoor Batliwalla , David Bookalil , David Bracks
Runtime: 180 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 4 nominations total
AKA: In Malaysia wartet der Tod , Dadah - znaczy śmierć (Poland) , Epätoivoin hetket (Finland) , Dadah es la muerte (Spain) , A Long Way from Home (Australia) , A Long Way from Home: Dadah Is Death (United Kingdom) , Taistelu elämästä (Finland) , Dada bedeutet Tod , Liv eller död? (Sweden) , Barlow and Chambers: A Long Way from Home , Dadah Is Death , Deadly Decision , Dernier voyage en Malaisie (France, French Republic) , Un largo camino a casa (Spain) , Crime Sem Perdão (Brazil)
Plot: On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of heroin, a crime which in Malaysia carries a mandatory sentence of death. Dadah Is Death (A Long Way From Home) is the true story of Barbara Barlow's desperate attempt to save her son from the hangman's rope - a courageous effort that involved impassioned pleas to President Reagan, The British Prime Minister, and even the Pope. By July 1986 this international struggle had seemed to reach a hopeless conclusion and all that was left was a mother's love for her son.
IMDB:tt0094937