Australia
Actors: Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo, Ray Barrett, Tony Barry
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Runtime: 165 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 35 nominations.
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, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
