Australia
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
Drama
Bazmark Films, Ingenious Film Partners, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Dune Entertainment III, ScreenWest
Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley, Hugh Jackman as The Drover, Essie Davis as Katherine, David Wenham as Neil Fletcher, Bryan Brown as King Carney, David Gulpilil as King George, John Jarratt as Sergeant, Shea Adams as Carney Boy, Nathin Butler as Carney Boy, John Walton as Carney Boy, Nigel Harbach as Carney Boy, Eddie Baroo as Bull, Arthur Dignam as Father Benedict, Sandy Gore as Gloria Carney, Bill Hunter as Skipper (Qantas Sloop), Jacek Koman as Ivan, Ben Mendelsohn as Captain Dutton, Barry Otto as Administrator Allsop, David Ngoombujarra as Magarri, Bruce Spence as Dr. Barker, Jack Thompson as Kipling Flynn, Yuen Wah as Sing Song, Kerry Walker as Myrtle Allsop, Ray Barrett as Ramsden, Jamal Sydney Bednarz as Mission Boy, Tony Barry as Sergeant Callahan, Ursula Yovich as Daisy, Brandon Walters as Nullah, Matthew Whittet as Brother Frank, Lillian Crombie as Bandy Legs, Max Cullen as Old Drunk, Haidee Gaudry as Essential Services Woman, Jamie Gulpilil as Porter (Wharf), Peter Gwynne as Lady Sarah's Butler, Jimmy Hong as Carney Manservant, Angus Pilakui as Goolaj, Adam McMonigal as Darwin Policeman, Robin Queree as Ball Guest, Mark Rathbone as Stockman, Crusoe Kurddal as Aboriginal Tracker, Siena Larsson as Flying Boat Passenger Child, Danielle Carey as Evacuee Mother (uncredited), Anton Monsted as Maitland Ashley (uncredited), William Gabriel as Drover / Guest / Waiter (uncredited), Chris Polzot as Firefighter (uncredited)