The True Believers

The True Believers - S1 E1

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."

AU

Made in AU

7/10

1988

War & Politics
Drama

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Episodes

Cast

Ed Devereaux

Ed Devereaux

As Ben Chifley

John Bonney

John Bonney

As Robert Menzies

Simon Chilvers

Simon Chilvers

As H.V. Evatt

John Derum

John Derum

As B.A. Santamaria

Graham Rouse

Graham Rouse

As Arthur Fadden

Nick Tate

Nick Tate

As Les Hayden

Gary Files

Gary Files

As Fred Daly

Stuart McCreery

Stuart McCreery

As Allan Dalziel

Mary-Lou Stewart

Mary-Lou Stewart

As Joanna Malcolm

Dorothy St. Heaps

Dorothy St. Heaps

As Elizabeth Chifley

Leonie-Martin Smith

Leonie-Martin Smith

As Ethel Casey

Hec Macmillan

Hec Macmillan

As Sir William McKell

Peter Corbett

Peter Corbett

As John Dedman

Michelle Marzo

Michelle Marzo

As Rosalind Evatt

Paul Hunt

Paul Hunt

As John Burton

Harold Hopkins

Harold Hopkins

As Edgar Ross

Paul Sonkkila

Paul Sonkkila

As Ron Tate

Bill Young

Bill Young

As Jim Cooper

Valerie Bader

Valerie Bader

As Mary Alice Evatt

Ray Meagher

Ray Meagher

As Tom Burke

Ron Blanchard

Ron Blanchard

As Arthur Calwell

John Ewart

John Ewart

As Fred Daley

Bryan Marshall

Bryan Marshall

As Richard Casey

Malcolm Robertson

Malcolm Robertson

As Idris Williams

Joan Bruce

Joan Bruce

As Pattie Menzies

Kevin Golsby

Kevin Golsby

As Narrator

Tim Elliott

Tim Elliott

As Radio Announcer

Kenneth Radley

Kenneth Radley

As Bill Parkinson

Danny Adcock

Danny Adcock

As Lloyd Ross

Diane Craig

Diane Craig

As Elsie

Jeff Ashby

Jeff Ashby

As Garfield Barwick

Robin Bowering

Robin Bowering

As Mr. Purcell

Neil Fitzpatrick

Neil Fitzpatrick

As H.C. Coombs

Tracy Mann

Tracy Mann

As Tess Ross

Alan McQueen

Alan McQueen

As Jim Healy

Norman Kaye

Norman Kaye

As Archbishop Mannix

Rob Steele

Rob Steele

As Clyde Cameron

Bob Baines

Bob Baines

As Stan Keon

Scott McGregor

Scott McGregor

As Jim Comerford

Gerry Duggan

Gerry Duggan

As Wally

Ron Hackett

Ron Hackett

As Les McConnan

Colin Borgonon

Colin Borgonon

As

Laurie Butler

Laurie Butler

As Speaker of the House

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