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, Peter Stonham, Richard Piper, Amanda Cross, Anne Phelan, John Dick, Liz Windsor, Jamie Black, Madeleine Blackwell, Roger Newcombe, Walter Brown
Crew: George Ogilvie (Director), Kylie Tennant (Novel), Peter Yeldham (Writer), Des Monaghan (Executive Producer), Gus Howard (Producer)