The Naked Country

The Naked Country

90 mins | July 25, 1985

Far North Queensland, 1955. Deep in the untamed frontier tough rancher Lance Dillon and his sensual, but bored wife, battle inhospitable nature to eke out a living from their cattle herd. When the aborigines kill the Dillon's prize bull a chase begins that will culminate in bloody tragedy with Lance pitted against Mandaru - an aborigine struggling to maintain his cultural way of life

The Naked Country

90 mins | July 25, 1985

The Naked Country
Far North Queensland, 1955. Deep in the untamed frontier tough rancher Lance Dillon and his sensual, but bored wife, battle inhospitable nature to eke out a living from their cattle herd. When the aborigines kill the Dillon's prize bull a chase begins that will culminate in bloody tragedy with Lance pitted against Mandaru - an aborigine struggling to maintain his cultural way of life
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers
Original title The Naked Country
Directors Tim Burstall
Writers Tim Burstall, Ross Dimsey

Cast

John Stanton

as Lance Dillon

Rebecca Gilling

as Mary Dillon

Tom E. Lewis

as Mandaru

John Jarratt

as Mick Conrad

Ivar Kants

as Sergeant Neil Adams

Simon Chilvers

as Inspector Poole

Neela Dey

as Menyan

Hector Thomas

as Willinja

Donald Blitner

as Billy Jo

Kevin McKellar

as Jacky-Boy

Marlene Bell

as Big Sally

Malcolm Cork

as Constable Des O'Day

Michael Cockatoo

as Tanglefoot

Roger Cox

as Publican

Peter Noble

as Gilligan

Peter Graham

as Driver

Neville Jingles

as Renegade: Tjumi

Curtis Kelly

as Renegade: Yandedah