australia

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.

Adventure ꞏ Romance ꞏ Drama ꞏ australia ꞏ missionary ꞏ world war ii ꞏ ranch ꞏ cattle drive ꞏ racist ꞏ prejudice ꞏ suspicion of adultery ꞏ australian outback ꞏ 1940s ꞏ 1930s ꞏ stampede ꞏ trampled to death