


Carl reckons he'll be miserable but he can probably take care of himself …then promptly burns himself in the kitchen, before offering Beth a handsome diamond ring.Īs they pash, we're back in the outback, at the Silverton nee Gamulla church, with cawing crow in foreground, and Beth is reporting to Danny's (John Howard) camera on the Gamulla kangaroo and wallaby killing fields, and the pet food factory PETPAK.Īfter a brief interview with Jake - where he talks about the joy of killing razorbacks, and an altercation with dart-playing brothers Dicko Baker (David Argue) and Benny (Chris Haywood) - Beth decides to leave Danny behind and go researching her story… alone. Being loyal, Carl is supportive and offers his congratulations, but Beth is worried about him. Investigative animal-friendly World Animal League TV reporter Beth Winter (Judy Morris) is living with kitchen-friendly hubbie Carl Winters (Gregory Harrison).Īfter she watches her report on cowboys being cruel to beef, Beth tells Carl that the agency has greenlit a special on Australia on the slaughter of kangaroos. The court rules there's insufficient evidence, and Jake is discharged, but now he's living in a humpty out in the desert, thirsting for revenge on the beast that stole his grandson. Jake's defence isn't that a dingo took his baby, it was a razorback … and he couldn't stop it, despite being a professional 'roo shooter armed with a high powered rifle (maybe it's because the bolt action didn't chamber a round).
#Wakey wakey hands off snakey movie trial
Later in the town of Gamulla, 600 miles west of Sydney, Jake is in the lock up as a hearing is in progress to hear whether he's to be sent to trial for the disappearance and presumed murder of the bub. Grandad Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr) lives on a remote outback homestead with babe in arms Scotty, when a gigantic razorback pig tears through the homestead and races off with the babe into the night, leaving the home in flames and Jake slumping to the ground in despair, crying to the high heavens … (Note: this listing and synopsis contains spoilers).
