The Battlers (1994)

7.0/10 • 191 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

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

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