The Naked Country

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1985 · 90 min · Thriller · Drama · TMDB 4.5/10

Overview

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

Directed by Tim Burstall

Cast

• John Stanton — Lance Dillon
• Rebecca Gilling — Mary Dillon
• Tom E. Lewis — Mandaru
• John Jarratt — Mick Conrad
• Ivar Kants — Sergeant Neil Adams