Burke & Wills
6.3
“They dared to challenge the unknown. They were the first. They crossed the Australian continent from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria.”
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
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Cast
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Jack Thompson
Robert O'Hara Burke
Known for
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
The Great Gatsby
Nigel Havers
William John Wills
Known for
Empire of the Sun
Coronation Street
Greta Scacchi
Julia Matthews
Known for
The Odyssey
Bodies
Matthew Fargher
John King
Also in
Kidnapped
Eight Ball
Ralph Cotterill
Charley Gray
Known for
Bad Boy Bubby
The Marsupials: The Howling III
Drew Forsythe
Brahe
Also in
The Adventures of Blinky Bill
I Got a Rocket!
Chris Haywood
Tom McDonagh
Known for
Sleeping Beauty
Quigley Down Under
Monroe Reimers
Dost Mahomet
Known for
The Gloaming
Disgrace
Ron Blanchard
Bill Patton
Also in
Dark Age
The True Believers
Barry Hill
George Landells
Also in
Power Without Glory
The Good Wife
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Ambrose Kyte
Known for
Mad Max: Fury Road
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Arthur Dignam
Sir William Stawell
Known for
Australia
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Graeme Clifford Director · Michael Thomas Writer Peter Sculthorpe Composer
Worldwide gross $1.6M · Budget $9M · United States release June 11, 1987
Box office
Budget
$9,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,600,000
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Hoyts Edgley
Production
GUO
Production
Greater Union Organisation (GUO)
Production
Hemdale
Production
Stony Desert
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · October 30, 1985
Theatrical
United States · June 11, 1987
Theatrical
Canada
September 9, 1986 · Theatrical
France
May 7, 1986 · Theatrical
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