
The True Believers
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."
The True Believers
June 28, 1988
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Cast (43)

Ed Devereaux
Ben Chifley

Simon Chilvers
H.V. Evatt

Norman Kaye
Archbishop Mannix

John Ewart
Fred Daley

Kenneth Radley
Bill Parkinson

Rob Steele
Clyde Cameron

Bryan Marshall
Richard Casey

Tracy Mann
Tess Ross

Nick Tate
Les Hayden

Colin Borgonon
N/A

Gary Files
Fred Daly

Scott McGregor
Jim Comerford

Paul Hunt
John Burton

Diane Craig
Elsie

Paul Sonkkila
Ron Tate

Ray Meagher
Tom Burke

John Bonney
Robert Menzies

Bob Baines
Stan Keon

Tim Elliott
Radio Announcer

Graham Rouse
Arthur Fadden

Bill Young
Jim Cooper

Robin Bowering
Mr. Purcell

Kevin Golsby
Narrator

Harold Hopkins
Edgar Ross

Valerie Bader
Mary Alice Evatt

Gerry Duggan
Wally

Danny Adcock
Lloyd Ross

Ron Hackett
Les McConnan

John Derum
B.A. Santamaria

Malcolm Robertson
Idris Williams

Stuart McCreery
Allan Dalziel

Jeff Ashby
Garfield Barwick

Joan Bruce
Pattie Menzies

Neil Fitzpatrick
H.C. Coombs

Laurie Butler
Speaker of the House

Dorothy St. Heaps
Elizabeth Chifley

Michelle Marzo
Rosalind Evatt

Mary-Lou Stewart
Joanna Malcolm

Leonie-Martin Smith
Ethel Casey

Peter Corbett
John Dedman

Hec Macmillan
Sir William McKell

Alan McQueen
Jim Healy

Ron Blanchard
Arthur Calwell
Crew (22)
Directing

Peter Fisk
Director
Writing
Production

Stephen O'Rourke
Line Producer

Bruce Liebau
Producer

Sandra Levy
Executive Producer

Matt Carroll
Executive Producer
Sound

William Motzing
Music
Art

Julie Belle
Art Direction

Julie Belle
Production Design

Geoffrey Wedlock
Production Design

Gregor McLean
Production Design
Camera
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Jolanta Nejman
Costume Design
Crew

Peter Knevitt
Cinematography

Tony Conolly
Cinematography

Peter Robson
Cinematography

Richard A. Bond Jr.
Cinematography

Murray Tonkin
Cinematography
Editing

Cathy Forster
Editor

Graham Tickle
Editor