TV Show
The True Believers (1988)
War & Politics · Drama
Story
Award winning mini-series about the men and events that shaped Australia's post war history from 1945 1955. The series focuses on three men: Ben Chifley, Robert Menzies and H. V. "Doc" Evatt, and shows how the fabric of Australian democracy was almost wrecked by the idealism of good but troubled men.
Starring: Ed Devereaux, John Bonney, Simon Chilvers, John Derum
The True Believers Cast
- 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
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