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.
Top Cast
NI
Nicole KidmanLady Sarah Ashley
HU
Hugh JackmanThe Drover
ES
Essie DavisKatherine
DA
David WenhamNeil Fletcher
BR
Bryan BrownKing Carney
DA
David GulpililKing George
JO
John JarrattSergeant
SH
Shea AdamsCarney Boy
NA
Nathin Art ButlerCarney Boy
JO
John WaltonCarney Boy
NI
Nigel HarbachCarney Boy
ED
Eddie BarooBull
AR
Arthur DignamFather Benedict
SA
Sandy GoreGloria Carney
BI
Bill HunterSkipper (Qantas Sloop)
JA
Jacek KomanIvan
BE
Ben MendelsohnCaptain Dutton
BA
Barry OttoAdministrator Allsop
DA
David NgoombujarraMagarri
BR
Bruce SpenceDr. Barker
JA
Jack ThompsonKipling Flynn
YU
Yuen WahSing Song
KE
Kerry WalkerMyrtle Allsop
RA
Ray BarrettRamsden
JA
Jamal Sydney BednarzMission Boy
TO
Tony BarrySergeant Callahan
UR
Ursula YovichDaisy
BR
Brandon WaltersNullah
MA
Matthew WhittetBrother Frank
LI
Lillian CrombieBandy Legs
MA
Max CullenOld Drunk
HA
Haidee GaudryEssential Services Woman
JA
Jamie GulpililPorter (Wharf)
PE
Peter GwynneLady Sarah's Butler
JI
Jimmy HongCarney Manservant
AN
Angus PilakuiGoolaj
AD
Adam McMonigalDarwin Policeman
RO
Robin QuereeBall Guest
MA
Mark RathboneStockman
CR
Crusoe KurddalAboriginal Tracker
SI
Siena LarssonFlying Boat Passenger Child
AN
Anton MonstedMaitland Ashley (uncredited)
WI
William GabrielDrover / Guest / Waiter (uncredited)