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Fortress is a 1985 Australian thriller film directed by Arch Nicholson and written by Everett De Roche, and starring Rachel Ward, based on Gabrielle Lord's 1980 novel of the same name. Plot [ edit ] Sally Jones is the sole teacher of a one-room school in the Outback , where she has nine pupils ranging in age from six to sixteen.
- A$4.4 million
- Raymond Menmuir
- Danny Beckerman
- Rachel Ward
Jul 31, 1986 · Fortress: Directed by Arch Nicholson. With Sean Garlick, Rachel Ward, Elaine Cusick, Laurie Moran. After being kidnapped for ransom by four criminals, a schoolteacher and her students flee into a cave and build fortifications in anticipation of a decisive battle with their captors.
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- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Arch Nicholson
- 1986-07-31
Sep 9, 2023 · After being kidnapped for ransom by four criminals, a schoolteacher and her students flee into a cave and build fortifications in anticipation of a decisive ...
- 88 min
- 16.8K
- Retro Hole
Sally Jones (Rachel Ward), an Australian schoolteacher, finds herself in a fight for life--both her students and her own--when four armed, masked men burst into their isolated one-room school. The men round up Sally and her eight students, who range in age from six to fourteen, and force them into a van, claiming they are going to hold the ...
Feb 6, 2017 · This week’s pick is the 1985 movie Fortress. ... Sally (Rachel Ward) is a British schoolteacher staying with the family of one of her students, Sid (Sean Garlick). We first meet him keeping an ...
Fortress. As the teacher at a small school in rural Australia, Sally Jones (Rachel Ward) leads a rather mundane life. However, for her and nine of her students, all of that changes when a band of ...
- Mystery & Thriller
Apr 16, 2013 · Rachel Ward, who plays a rural Australian school teacher, showed concern and compassion towards her students with brilliant, non-verbal acting skills. The children portrayed old-school resilience and courage! Fun, suspenseful (scary maybe for the very young) and with a twisted ending, this movie is worth a watch!
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