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The Battlers

1994

3h 11m

Drama, TV Movie

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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

Snow

Jacqueline McKenzie

Dancy Grimshaw

Marcus Graham

The Busker

Richard Piper

Apostle

Anne Phelan

Ma Tyrell

Madeleine Blackwell

Molly

Walter Brown

Courtney

Syd Brisbane

Smith

Don Barker

Publican

Patrick Frost

Moss

Barbara West

Aunt Edna

Audine Leith

Dora

Peter Stonham

Jimmy

Amanda Cross

Millie

John Dick

Deafy

Liz Windsor

Mrs. Marks

Jamie Black

Charlie

Roger Newcombe

Burning Angus

Peter Douglas

Derek

Henry Salter

Uncle Shamus

Todd Telford

Policeman

Jim Morrissey

Sergeant

Russell Bedford

Policeman

Paul Coulson

Policeman

Steve Adams

Policeman

David Kendall

Magistrate

Heidi Abbey

Betty

Stephen Pridgeon

Bryson

Jeremy Owen

Whitefield

Luke Gee

Freddy

Troy Handley

Brian

Jo Peoples

Sister

Tony Clay

Dawson

Iain Herridge

Logan Husband

Darren Brealey

Bystander

Amy Todd

Nurse

Lisa Hughes

Logan Wife

Stephen Sheehan

Logan Man

Lisa Clough

Ma's Daughter

Alan Holy

Thirty Bob

Mary Louise Sheid

Manageress

Susanna Gibbs

Smart Shopper

Rob George

Derelict

Bill Willoughby

Butcher

Philip Spruce

Postman

Damian Woodards

Baker

Paul Simpson

Coal Merchant

Sue Quinn

Country Mother

Shirley Hay

Post mistress

Richard Bennett

Warder

Shane Cooper

Dray man

Leo Sclanders

Farmer

Lawrence Woodward

Rider

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