The Battlers

Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail. Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant.

Director: George Ogilvie

Cast: Gary Sweet, Jacqueline McKenzie, Marcus Graham, Peter Stonham, Richard Piper, Amanda Cross, Anne Phelan, John Dick

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.