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Boys in the Island is a film of genre Drama with James Fox

Boys in the Island (1989)

Boys in the Island
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Length 1h47
Genres Drama
Rating61% 3.07153.07153.07153.07153.0715

Boys in the Island is a 1989 Australian film based on the 1958 novel by Chris Koch.

Synopsis

In the 1950s teenage Frank dreams of leaving Tasmania for Melbourne.

Actors

James Fox

(George Farrell)
Steve Jacobs
Daniel Pollock

(Jake Brodie)
Ben Oxenbould

(Thrasher)
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