Set in northern 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.

Starring:

Arthur Dignam, Barry Otto, Ben Mendelsohn, Bill Hunter, Bruce Spence, Bryan Brown, Damian Bradford, David Gulpilil, David Ngoombujarra, David Wenham, Eddie Baroo, Essie Davis, Hugh Jackman, Jacek Koman, Jack Thompson, John Jarratt, John Martin, John Sheerin, John Walton, Kerry Walker, Lillian Crombie, Max Cullen, Nicole Kidman, Peter Gwynne, Ray Barrett

Genre:

Drama, Western, War, Adventure