In this moody black and white drama, very much in the mode of the American "western," but with its own film noir characteristics, a whole town is heaved out of its doldrums when a pair of mysterious strangers come visiting. In the beginning of the film, Angel is traveling with his friend Max on a ship to Honeyfield, a town on the coast of Australia. He is coming home to die. Instead, he dies on board the ship, willing his boots to Angel, and an unopened package to someone called "The Dead Man," in Honeyfield. Also on the ship is a man named Tatts, a far less pleasant personality. When Angel gets off to head into Honeyfield, Tatts decides to follow along unseen. The package, Angel was told, contains something its intended recipient has been looking for without knowing it. On finding the recipient, a mean-spirited old man who is more or less the boss and owner of the town, he learns that the package contains opium.
Aden Young
as Angel
David Field
as Tatts
Bill Hunter
as Wilson
Claudia Karvan
as Catherine
Norman Kaye
as Elias Kidd
William McInnes
as Roger
Stephen Davis
as Jack
Dennis Miller
as Max O'Donnell
Kris McQuade
as Woman
Peter Settle
as Night Manager
Ashley Rycen
as Girl at Caravan
Lachlan McInnes
as Child in Car
