The Day of the Roses

The Day of the Roses

1998 · 3 hr 40 min · N/A

Drama

Directors

Unknown

Actors

  • Cormac Costello
  • Stephen Curry
  • Helen Dallimore

Credits: 1

Summary

The dramatized true-story of the Granville train disaster in Jan 1977 and the subsequent inquiry. Told across two time-frames: the impossible conditions of rescuers, victims and survivors and the divisive investigation by the Coro...

More about this movie

On January 18th, 1977, a crowded commuter train heading for Sydney, derailed hitting a stanchion of the Granville bridge. The bridge collapsed and killed 83 passengers and injuring more than 232. This dramatised-true-story follows the horrendous survival and rescue and recovery of victims and the political and difficult investigation by the Coroner and his team of investigators