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Against the Wind

Against the Wind (1978)★ 8.1/10

AU · 50 min · September 12, 1978 · 1 seasons

  • Drama
  • History
  • Western

Directed by: George Miller, Simon Wincer

Written by: Bronwyn Binns, Paul Davies, Cliff Green, Tom Hegarty, Ian Jones

Eighteen-year-old Mary Mulvane gets convicted for trying to get back her father's cow. She has to endure the travel in a prison ship from Ireland and living the life of a convict in Australia.

Directed by

George MillerSimon Wincer

Written by

Bronwyn BinnsPaul DaviesCliff GreenTom HegartyIan JonesPeter A. KinlochTony Morphett

Cast & crew

Mary LarkinMary GarrettKerry McGuirePolly McNamaraJon EnglishJonathan GarrettWarwick SimsEnsign Maurice GrevilleFrank GallacherWill PriceFrederick ParslowCaptain Charles WiltshireGerard KennedyDinny O'ByrneHu PryceJonas PikeLynn RainbowMrs. Louisa WiltshireCharles GilroyAmosJulia BlakeCookDon BarkerCaptain AbbottTerry GillRedcoat SergeantNick WatersDragoonDon BarkhamMajor JohnstonTommy DysartSettlerFrank HamiltonEganDavid CameronLiam JohnstonAdrian WrightLieutenant BurneRoger OakleyFather DixonTim ElliottCaptain DennottStewart FaichneyMr. RickettsErnie BourneSurgeon BeyerJerry ThomasSergeantNorman HodgesSentry BatesRod MullinarJohn MacarthurRobin HarrisonConstableBryan BrownMichael ConnorJim NortonCunninghamFrank ThringMagistrateSarah LambertElizabeth WiltshireTim RobertsonHoltJohn LeySeanLulu PinkusJennyPeter GwynneFrancis MulvaneMichael CarmanRedcoatWallas EatonTithe ProctorSyd ConaberePaymaster CoxJane CliftonConvict WomanDavid RavenswoodSamuel MarsdenJeremy ShadlowEdward WiltshireRoslyn De WinterMrs. MulvaneCliff EllenWarderJennifer ClaireMrs. ConnorTom BroadbridgeSoldierChristine CalcuttConvict WomanPatrick EdgeworthRedcoat SergeantJohn AllenRedcoat OfficerJohn NashLandlord BuchananHamish HughesBrannonDavid JohnPantrymanCash BackmanRedcoatAnna GriffinElly MulvaneCarlos KeenaLookout BoyBill SalySeamus MulvaneBryn Lee StokesDinny GarrettVincent BallGovernor MacquarieDamen PascoeDinny GarrettAnne-Louise LambertMiss StodartPeter FelminghamSergeant Major WhittleMalcolm PhillipsJudge AdvocateVernon WeaverThiefJim DantonThiefAlex PorteousTravellerChris HaywoodJohn LearyJonathan HardySam FitchettJohn StantonSurgeonSean ScullyJohn MacarthurVincent GilQuartermaster LaycockAnthony HawkinsSurgeon BalmainMarion EdwardMatron PurdyPeter CumminsIsaac NicholsJustine SaundersNgilgiNeil ThompsonFarm CommandantRoy EdmundsDragoonKen WeaverBlacksmithNeil McCollMickHoward EynonRedcoat CorporalGeorge DixonStewardWalter PymJudge AdvocateMarcel CugolaFrench SettlerJohn CousinsProsperous SettlerKeith KayeLabourerLouis McManusFiddlerBrendan CassidyConvict overseerGillian O'FlynnBaby's MotherShelly AldridgeBabyEdward HydeEdwardHugh MunroJoshua HoltAtalanta HydeElizabethLeo ReganSettler (uncredited)