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Drama

The Shiralee

1988 1 season 2 episodes limited series
66 Pulse
7.5 IMDb
One evening 3 hours
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Plot

Macauley is a swagman on the road in the 1940s looking for work. He's a laid back, laconic sort of bloke but when he gets landed with his daughter after his drunken play-girl wife in Adelaide makes him face up to what she believes are his responsibilities, neither he nor his daughter are ready for each other. But in the beginning he's all she's got, and at the end, she's all he's got.

Credits

Directed by: George Ogilvie

Cast: Bryan Brown, Noni Hazlehurst, Rebecca Smart, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Lorna Lesley, Ned Manning

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