Snowtown

May 19, 2011

2h 0m

★ 6.3

Australia's most infamous crime story

Overview

Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Screen Australia

Warp Films

Carver Films

Snowtown Trailers

Cast

Jamie Vlassakis

Lucas Pittaway

John Bunting

Daniel Henshall

Elizabeth Harvey

Louise Harris

Jeffrey

Frank Cwertniak

Nicholas

Matthew Howard

Alex

Marcus Howard

Troy

Anthony Groves

Barry

Richard Green

Robert

Aaron Viergever

David

Beau Gosling

Marcus

Brendan Rock

Mark Haydon

David Walker

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