The True Believers
28/06/1988
The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters "Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who used to stand for something but eventually stood only for Menzies; and Evatt, the grand idealist... It's almost like Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. It's a chunk of national history during Australia's great era of change after the war."
TV Show Information
Ed Devereaux
as Ben Chifley
John Bonney
as Robert Menzies
Simon Chilvers
as H.V. Evatt
John Derum
as B.A. Santamaria
Graham Rouse
as Arthur Fadden
Nick Tate
as Les Hayden
Gary Files
as Fred Daly
Stuart McCreery
as Allan Dalziel
Mary-Lou Stewart
as Joanna Malcolm
Dorothy St. Heaps
as Elizabeth Chifley
Leonie-Martin Smith
as Ethel Casey
Hec Macmillan
as Sir William McKell
Peter Corbett
as John Dedman
Michelle Marzo
as Rosalind Evatt
Paul Hunt
as John Burton
Harold Hopkins
as Edgar Ross
Paul Sonkkila
as Ron Tate
Bill Young
as Jim Cooper
Valerie Bader
as Mary Alice Evatt
Ray Meagher
as Tom Burke
Ron Blanchard
as Arthur Calwell
John Ewart
as Fred Daley
Bryan Marshall
as Richard Casey
Malcolm Robertson
as Idris Williams
Joan Bruce
as Pattie Menzies
Kevin Golsby
as Narrator
Tim Elliott
as Radio Announcer
Kenneth Radley
as Bill Parkinson
Danny Adcock
as Lloyd Ross
Diane Craig
as Elsie
Jeff Ashby
as Garfield Barwick
Robin Bowering
as Mr. Purcell
Neil Fitzpatrick
as H.C. Coombs
Tracy Mann
as Tess Ross
Alan McQueen
as Jim Healy
Norman Kaye
as Archbishop Mannix
Rob Steele
as Clyde Cameron
Bob Baines
as Stan Keon
Scott McGregor
as Jim Comerford
Gerry Duggan
as Wally
Ron Hackett
as Les McConnan
Colin Borgonon
as
Laurie Butler
as Speaker of the House
