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.

Cast

Gary Sweet

Jacqueline McKenzie

Marcus Graham

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Peter Stonham

Richard Piper

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Amanda Cross

Anne Phelan

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John Dick

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Liz Windsor

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Jamie Black

Madeleine Blackwell

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Roger Newcombe