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Fortress is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 24 november 1985 with Rachel Ward
Fortress (1985)
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Add to a movie listFortress is a 1986 criminal and survivalism drama thriller directed by Arch Nicholson and written by Everett De Roche.
The film features an early performance by Asher Keddie.
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A teacher (Rachel Ward) and her students at a small rural school in Australia are kidnapped and held for ransom by a band of violent shotgun-wielding masked thugs. She and the children fight for their lives and try to escape from their captors.Actors
Rachel Ward
(Sally Jones)
Vernon Wells
(Dabby Duck)
Sean Garlick
(Sid)
Rebecca Rigg
(Narelle)
Beth Buchanan
(Leanne)
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