Dadah Is Death

Dadah Is Death

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 23, 1988

Runtime

3h 0m

Genres

Drama

User Score

70%

Original Title

Dadah Is Death

Production Companies

Steve Krantz Productions, Roadshow Coote & Carroll, Home Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Television

Director

Jerry London

Description

On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A crime which in Malaysia carries a mandatory sentence of death... Dadah Is Death (A Long Way From Home) is the true story of Barbara Barlow's desperate attempt to save her son from the Hangmans rope - a courageous effort that involved impassioned pleas to President Reagan, The British Prime Minister, and even the Pope. By July 1986 this international struggle had seemed to reach a hopeless conclusion and all that was left was a mother's love for her son.