| Release Date: | Jan 1987 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Family |
| Awards: | 2 wins |
| Cast: | Bryan Brown (Macauley), Noni Hazlehurst (Lily), Rebecca Smart (Buster), Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Tony), Lorna Lesley (Marge), Ned Manning (Jim), Madeleine Blackwell (Lucy), Simon Chilvers (Thaddeus), Julie Hamilton (Bella), Reg Evans (Luke), William Zappa (Donny), Frank Gallacher (Beauty), Norman Kaye (Desmond), Ray Meagher (Polkadot), Lynette Curran (Hareema), Warren Coleman (Lucky), Patrick Frost (Bathgate), Barbara West (Mrs. Weiss), Tony Mack (Dr. Fitzmaurice), Bob George (1st Shearer), Stephen Scully (2nd Shearer), Leo Taylor (3rd Shearer), Maureen Sherlock (Hospital Sister), Rosie Sturgess (Woman on Train), Wayne Anthoney (Mechanic), Ullie Birve (Young Woman on Train), Warwick Cooper (Wilmington Policeman), Wayne Scott Kermond (Freakshow Spruiker (as Wayne...), Ian Shrives (Mulga), Robyn Laurie (Laughing Clown Woman), Guy Doleman (), Robert Arthur Robson (Husband - Graveyard Scene (uncredited)) |
Macauley is a swagman on the road in the 1940s looking for work. He's a laid back, laconic sort of bloke but when he gets landed with his daughter after his drunken play-girl wife in Adelaide makes him face up to what she believes are his responsibilities, neither he nor his daughter are ready for each other. But in the beginning he's all she's got, and at the end, she's all he's got.
