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.
Lady Sarah Ashley
The Drover
Katherine
Neil Fletcher
King Carney
King George
Sergeant
Carney Boy
Carney Boy
Carney Boy
Carney Boy
Bull
Father Benedict
Gloria Carney
Skipper (Qantas Sloop)
Ivan
Captain Dutton
Administrator Allsop
Magarri
Dr. Barker
Kipling Flynn
Sing Song
Myrtle Allsop
Ramsden
Mission Boy
Sergeant Callahan
Daisy
Nullah
Brother Frank
Bandy Legs
Old Drunk
Essential Services Woman
Porter (Wharf)
Lady Sarah's Butler
Carney Manservant
Goolaj
Darwin Policeman
Ball Guest
Stockman
Aboriginal Tracker
Flying Boat Passenger Child
Evacuee Mother (uncredited)
Maitland Ashley (uncredited)
Drover / Guest / Waiter (uncredited)
Firefighter (uncredited)
Constable #1
Waiter