Goodbye Paradise

Year: 1983

Runtime: 119 mins

Language: English

Director: Carl Schultz

Drama

Set on Queensland’s Gold Coast in the early 1980s, disgraced ex‑cop Michael Stacey returns to his hometown, now a glittering but troubled paradise. While writing a book that details police corruption, his investigation spirals into two murders, uncovers a secretive religious cult, and culminates as the army launches a military coup.

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