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

as Snow

Jacqueline McKenzie

as Dancy Grimshaw

Marcus Graham

as The Busker

Peter Stonham

as Jimmy

Richard Piper

as Apostle

Amanda Cross

as Millie

Anne Phelan

as Ma Tyrell

John Dick

as Deafy

Liz Windsor

as Mrs. Marks

Jamie Black

as Charlie

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