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.
Nicole Kidman | Lady Sarah Ashley |
Hugh Jackman | The Drover |
Essie Davis | Katherine |
David Wenham | Neil Fletcher |
Bryan Brown | King Carney |
David Gulpilil | King George |
Jack Thompson | Neil Fletcher |
John Jarratt | Sergeant |
Shea Adams | |
Nathin Butler | Carney Boy |
John Walton | Carney Boy |
Eddie Baroo | Bull |