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The Day of the Roses (2001)

Directed by Peter Fisk

Overview

On January 18th, 1977, a crowded commuter train heading for Sydney, came off the track and struck the pillars of an overhead road bridge, crushing part of the train and killing 83 passengers and injuring more than 200 others. This story follows the coronial inquiry into the crash with flash-backs to the main story, and the efforts of the rescuers to free the injured victims.

Length 220 minutes

Actors

Paul Mercurio | Gigi Edgley | John Bach | Stephen Curry | Heather Mitchell | Peter O'Brien | Helen Dallimore | Wayne Pygram | Rebecca Gibney | Chris Betts | Carol Burns | Jeremy Sims | Aaron Blabey | Damian Pike | Cormac Costello