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Burke & Wills
Year:
Duration:
140 min
Genres:
Adventure | Drama | History
IMDB rate:
6.1
Director:
Graeme Clifford
Awards:
4 nominations
Details
Country: Australia
Release Date: 1985-10-31
Filming Locations: Central Australia, Australia
Earnings
Gross: AUD 1,567,000 (Australia) (9 August 2004)
Cast
Actor
Character
Jack Thompson
Robert O'Hara Burke
Nigel Havers
William John Wills
Greta Scacchi
Julia Matthews
Matthew Fargher
John King
Chris Haywood
Tom McDonagh
Ralph Cotterill
Charley Gray
Drew Forsythe
Brahe
Ron Blanchard
Bill Patton
Monroe Reimers
Dost Mahomet
Barry Hill
George Landells
Roderick Williams
Bill Wright
Arthur Dignam
Sir William Stawell
Ken Goodlet
Doctor John Masadam
Peter Collingwood
Doctor William Wills
Edward Hepple
Ludwig Becker
Susannah Harker
Bessie Wills
Martin Redpath
Mayor of Melbourne
Julie Hamilton
Mrs. Kyte
Nick Carrafa
Edwin Welch
John Gregg
Alfred Erwin
Deryck Barnes
Tom Payne
Les Foxcroft
Harry
John Penman
Fat Kid
Redmond Phillips
Commissioner May
Mark Pegler
Journalist
Mary Acres
Julia's Dresser
David Bracks
Lawyer
Lucy Bell
Kyte's Daughter
Matthew Savage
Christopher Marsden
Matt Watters
Homesteader
Did you know?
Trivia
Australian actor Jack Thompson identifiably sports a bushy beard in this motion picture.
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Though filmed in Australia both the film's director Graeme Clifford and the movie's screenwriter Michael Thomas were both expatriate Australians.
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For authenticity, director Graeme Clifford wished to film in as many of the actual real life locations, such as Coopers Creek, from the true life Burke and Wills ill-fated expedition of 1860-1861.
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Photos from cast
Hugh Keays-Byrne
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