Hammers Over the Anvil

The story

Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.

Cast

R Russell CroweEast Driscoll C Charlotte RamplingGrace McAlister A Alexander OuthreadAlan Marshall F Frankie J. HoldenBushman Marshall J Jake FrostJoe Carmichael A Alethea McGrathMrs. Bilson J John Rafter LeeCharles McAlister F Frank GallacherMr. Thomas the Preacher A Amanda DougeNellie Bolster K Kirsty McGregorElsie Marshall D Daphne GreyMrs. Herbert C Caroline KempLucy Taylor

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S Sam NightingaleFreckles Jack S Syd BrisbaneDuke the Dance Caller P Peter OsbornFather Finnegan W Wayne PygramSnarley Burns L Lachlan FischerBrigalow Bush Band J John H. FrancisBrigalow Bush Band H Hugh GordonBrigalow Bush Band J Janet GordonBrigalow Bush Band B Brian ErskinePork Fair Bagpipers M Matt MonroePork Fair Bagpipers I Ian WelbourneCruel Boy