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The Postcard Bandit is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 1 june 2003 with Tom Long
The Postcard Bandit (2003)
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Add to a movie listThe Postcard Bandit is a 2003 Australian television film directed by Tony Tilse, loosely based on the life of a convicted bank robber Brenden James Abbott. The plot is based on the biographical book No Fixed Address by newspaperman Derek Pedley, who also assisted screenwriter Peter Gawler.
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Brenden Abbott is on the run with fellow criminal Aaron Reynolds, having just escaped together from Fremantle Prison, Western Australia. They rob banks across Australia before Abbott decides it's time to live the high life for a while. To hinder identification, the two travel the country with a Japanese tourist and, during this trip, Abbott tells Reynolds he is giving him the flick. Reynolds tells Abbott, "You won't last a week without me," but it is Reynolds who is arrested some four weeks later.Actors
Tom Long
(Brenden James Abbott)
Matthew Le Nevez
(Aaron Reynolds)
Simon Burke
(Thomas)
Helen Dallimore
(Gina)
Tasma Walton
(Frankie)
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