Summary
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.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 62GoodWatch 58
IMDb6.7
Audience score57%
Running time
1 h 39 min
A typical length for dramas, −10 min on the typical 109
typical 10999Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 22 countries
+12Released
1957
July 11, 1957
69 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
and 21 more35 people
- Peter FinchMacauley
- DWDana WilsonBuster
- Elizabeth SellarsMarge
- George RoseDonny
- Rosemary HarrisLily Parker
- Russell NapierParker
- Niall MacGinnisBeauty Kelly
- Tessie O'SheaBella
- Sidney JamesLuke
Charles TingwellJim Muldoon
Reg LyeDesmond
Barbara ArcherShop Girl
Alec MangoPapadoulos
John PhillipsDoctor
Bruce BeebyMacauley's Solicitor- LBLloyd BerrellSlipery
John CazabonCharlie the Butcher- MDMark DalySam
Ed DevereauxChristy- BDBettina DicksonNurse
Guy DolemanSon O'Neill
Gordon GlenwrightPete
Fred GoddardO'Hara's Assistant- CHClifford HunterStan
Directing · 1
- Leslie Norman Director, Screenplay
Writing · 2
- Neil Paterson Screenplay
- D'Arcy Niland Novel
Production · 3
- Michael Balcon Producer
- Irene Howard Casting
- Jack Rix Associate Producer
Camera · 3
- Kenneth J. Withers Focus Puller
- Hugh Davey Clapper Loader
- Roy Gough Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Gordon Stone Editor
Sound · 1
- John Addison Music
Art · 1
- Jim Morahan Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Elizabeth Haffenden Costume Design
- Alex Garfath Makeup Artist
- Harry Frampton Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
- Paul Beeson Cinematography
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