The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Far North Queensland, 1955. Deep in the untamed frontier tough rancher Lance Dillon and his sensual, but bored wife, battle inhospitable nature to eke out a living from their cattle herd. When the aborigines kill the Dillon's prize bull a chase begins that will culminate in bloody tragedy with Lance pitted against Mandaru - an aborigine struggling to maintain his cultural way of life
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Tim BurstallDirector
- Tim BurstallScreenplay
- Ross DimseyScreenplay
Cast
- John StantonLance Dillon
- Rebecca GillingMary Dillon
- Tom E. LewisMandaru
- John JarrattMick Conrad
- Ivar KantsSergeant Neil Adams
- Simon ChilversInspector Poole
- Neela DeyMenyan
- Hector ThomasWillinja
- Donald BlitnerBilly Jo
- Kevin McKellarJacky-Boy
- Marlene BellBig Sally
- Malcolm CorkConstable Des O'Day