Rent The Shiralee (1987)
3.9 of 5 from 47 ratings
3h 10min
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- Synopsis:
Returning home from the outback, Macauley (Bryan Brown) finds his wife in bed with another man. In the heat of the moment he vents his anger by taking custody of their young daughter Buster (Rebecca Smart) and heads for the backblocks of South Australia. Macauley the loner, the streetfighter with blood on his knuckles, a chip on his shoulder and anger in his heart, finds himself stuck with a four year-old daughter in tow. Mac struggles with his ill-chosen role of father and mother to the child which is his. but whom he does not know. His resentment grows as Buster intrudes into the world Macauley forged for himself alone. For 'Shiralee' means burden. But his daughter is a burden which Macauley must come to embrace. - Actors:
- Bryan Brown, Noni Hazlehurst, Rebecca Smart, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Lorna Lesley, Ned Manning, Madeleine Blackwell, Simon Chilvers, Julie Hamilton, Reg Evans, William Zappa, Frank Gallacher, Kirrily Nolan, Lynette Curran, Norman Kaye, Ray Meagher, Warren Coleman, Daphne Grey, Bob George, Stephen Sculley
- Directors:
- George Ogilvie
- Producers:
- Bruce Moir
- Writers:
- Tony Morphett, D'Arcy Niland
- Studio:
- Hopscotch
- Genres:
- TV Children & Family, TV Dramas
- Countries:
- Australia
