Overview
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 by Japanese forces firsthand.
Cast
- 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 Art Butler as Carney Boy
- John Walton as Carney Boy