The Battlers

The Battlers

★7.0/ 1019943h 11m

Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail. Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant.

Cast

Gary Sweet

Gary Sweet

Snow

Jacqueline McKenzie

Jacqueline McKenzie

Dancy Grimshaw

Marcus Graham

Marcus Graham

The Busker

Peter Stonham

Jimmy

Richard Piper

Richard Piper

Apostle

Amanda Cross

Millie

Anne Phelan

Anne Phelan

Ma Tyrell

John Dick

Deafy

Liz Windsor

Mrs. Marks

Jamie Black

Charlie

Madeleine Blackwell

Madeleine Blackwell

Molly

Roger Newcombe

Burning Angus

Walter Brown

Walter Brown

Courtney

Peter Douglas

Derek

Henry Salter

Uncle Shamus

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