Movie: Hammers Over the Anvil

Top 10 Billed Cast

Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe

East Driscoll

Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling

Grace McAlister

Alexander Outhread
Alexander Outhread

Alan Marshall

Frankie J. Holden
Frankie J. Holden

Bushman Marshall

Jake Frost
Jake Frost

Joe Carmichael

Alethea McGrath
Alethea McGrath

Mrs. Bilson

John Rafter Lee
John Rafter Lee

Charles McAlister

Frank Gallacher
Frank Gallacher

Mr. Thomas the Preacher

Amanda Douge
Amanda Douge

Nellie Bolster

Kirsty McGregor
Kirsty McGregor

Elsie Marshall

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  • Overview

    Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.

  • Release Date

    1994-07-22

  • Average

    5.5

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
  • Tagline

    An aristocratic Englishwoman, an Australian horseman and a young boy on a journey towards the exciting but forbidden world of adults.

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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