Directed by:
George OgilvieScreenplay:
Tony MorphettCinematography:
Geoffrey SimpsonComposer:
Chris NealCast:
Bryan Brown, Rebecca Smart, Ned Manning, Lynette Curran, Warren Coleman, Guy Doleman, Noni Hazlehurst, Reg Evans, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Simon Chilvers (more)Plots(1)
In Australian slang, "shiralee" means "burden." It also describes how itinerant laborer "Mac" Macauley (Bryan Brown) thinks of his nine-year-old daughter, Buster (Rebecca Smart). Proud and stubborn, Mac ekes out a living--sometimes with his fists--on the dusty roads of the 1940s and '50s outback, with Buster in tow. Together they befriend a number of colorful characters, and Lily (Noni Hazlehurst), a lovely rancher as maddeningly willful as Mac. At times grudgingly, Mac and Buster forge a father-daughter bond that hunger and hardship cannot break. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bryan Brown
Australia
Best movies:
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)
Money Movers (1979)
'Breaker' Morant (1980)
Rebecca Smart
Australia
Best movies:
The Shiralee (1987) (TV movie)
Celia (1989)
Blackrock (1997)
Ned Manning
Best movies:
The Shiralee (1987) (TV movie)
Dead End Drive-In (1986)
The Farm (2001) (series)
Lynette Curran
Australia
Best movies:
Comrades (1986)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Somersault (2004)
Warren Coleman
Best movies:
The Shiralee (1987) (TV movie)
The Crossing (1990)
The Man Who Sued God (2001)
Guy Doleman
New Zealand
Best movies:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Thunderball (1965)
Kangaroo (1952)
Noni Hazlehurst
Australia
Best movies:
Truth (2015)
Candy (2006)
The Shiralee (1987) (TV movie)
Reg Evans
UK
Best movies:
Anzacs (1985) (series)
Gallipoli (1981)
A Cry in the Dark (1988)
Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Australia
Best movies:
Thirteen Lives (2022)
'Breaker' Morant (1980)
Pitch Black (2000)
Simon Chilvers
UK
Best movies:
Annie's Coming Out (1984)
The Shiralee (1987) (TV movie)
Sky Pirates (1986)
William Zappa
UK
Best movies:
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away (2011) (TV movie)
The Rage In Placid Lake (2003)
Patrick Frost
Best movies:
The Lighthorsemen (1987)
The Shiralee (1987) (TV movie)
Deadline Gallipoli (2015) (series)