---
title: 'The Back of Beyond (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Heyer'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 66
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-back-of-beyond-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346557/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Back of Beyond (1954)

1954 · 66 min · Documentary · Australia


## Synopsis

The Back of Beyond (1954) is a feature-length award-winning Australian documentary film produced and directed by John Heyer for the Shell Film Unit. In terms of breadth of distribution, awards garnered, and critical response, it is Heyer's most successful film. It is also, arguably, Australia's most successful documentary: in 2006 it was included in a book titled 100 Greatest Films of Australian Cinema, with Bill Caske writing that it is "perhaps our [Australia's] national cinema's most well known best kept secret".

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Heyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-heyer)
- **Screenplay:** [John Heyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-heyer), [Douglas Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-stewart-2), [Roland Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-robinson)
- **Producer:** [John Heyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-heyer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sydney John Kay](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-john-kay)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ross Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/ross-wood)

## Cast

- [Tom Kruse](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-kruse)

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