Adventure, Drama, Romance
2008
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:
Nicole Kidman
Lady Sarah Ashley
David Wenham
Neil Fletcher
David Gulpilil
King George
Arthur Dignam
Father Benedict
Bill Hunter
Skipper (Qantas Sloop)
Ben Mendelsohn
Captain Dutton
Barry Otto
Administrator Allsop
David Ngoombujarra
Magarri
Jack Thompson
Kipling Flynn
Kerry Walker
Myrtle Allsop
Tony Barry
Sergeant Callahan
Matthew Whittet
Brother Frank