Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 165 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
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.
- australia
- missionary
- world war ii
- ranch
- cattle drive
- racist
- prejudice
- suspicion of adultery
- australian outback
- 1940s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Bryan Brown — King Carney
- David Gulpilil — King George
- John Jarratt — Sergeant
- Shea Adams — Carney Boy
- Nathin Art Butler — Carney Boy
- John Walton — Carney Boy
- Nigel Harbach — Carney Boy
- Eddie Baroo — Bull
- Arthur Dignam — Father Benedict
- Sandy Gore — Gloria Carney
- Bill Hunter — Skipper (Qantas Sloop)
- Directed
- Baz Luhrmann
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 2,478 ratings
- Studio
- Bazmark, 20th Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners
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