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The Shiralee

The Shiralee1957

★5.199 minDrama

An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.

Director

Writer

Leslie Norman Neil Paterson

Score

Stars

Peter Finch Dana Wilson Elizabeth Sellars

Cast35

Peter Finch
as Macauley
D
Dana Wilson
as Buster
Elizabeth Sellars
as Marge
George Rose
as Donny
Rosemary Harris
as Lily Parker
Russell Napier
as Parker
Niall MacGinnis
as Beauty Kelly
T
Tessie O'Shea
as Bella
Sidney James
as Luke
Charles Tingwell
as Jim Muldoon
Reg Lye
as Desmond
Barbara Archer
as Shop Girl
Alec Mango
as Papadoulos
John Phillips
as Doctor
Bruce Beeby
as Macauley's Solicitor
L
Lloyd Berrell
as Slipery
John Cazabon
as Charlie the Butcher
M
Mark Daly
as Sam
Ed Devereaux
as Christy
B
Bettina Dickson
as Nurse
Guy Doleman
as Son O'Neill
Gordon Glenwright
as Pete
Fred Goddard
as O'Hara's Assistant
C
Clifford Hunter
as Stan
F
Frank Leighton
as Fred
Betty McDowall
as Girl at Parkers
H
Henry Murdoch
as Sam
F
Frank Raynor
as Store Keeper
L
Lou Vernon
as Goon
D
David Williams
as Goon
Chin Yu
as Half-Caste Girl
Liz Fraser
as Chambermaid (uncredited)
Bill Kerr
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
N
Nigel Lovell
as O'Hara
Bill Hunter
as Extra (uncredited)

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