The Battlers

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.

• Peter YeldhamWriter
• George OgilvieDirector

• Gary SweetSnow
• Jacqueline McKenzieDancy Grimshaw
• Marcus GrahamThe Busker
• Peter StonhamJimmy
• Richard PiperApostle
• Amanda CrossMillie
• Anne PhelanMa Tyrell
• John DickDeafy
• Liz WindsorMrs. Marks
• Jamie BlackCharlie
• Madeleine BlackwellMolly
• Roger NewcombeBurning Angus