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The True Believers
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The True Believers

1988-06-28 · 60 min / episode · ★ 7.0

War & Politics · Drama

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."

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Ed DevereauxEd DevereauxBen Chifley
John BonneyJohn BonneyRobert Menzies
Simon ChilversSimon ChilversH.V. Evatt
John DerumB.A. Santamaria
Graham RouseGraham RouseArthur Fadden
Nick TateNick TateLes Hayden
Gary FilesGary FilesFred Daly
Stuart McCreeryAllan Dalziel
Mary-Lou StewartJoanna Malcolm
Dorothy St. HeapsElizabeth Chifley
Leonie-Martin SmithEthel Casey
Hec MacmillanSir William McKell
Peter CorbettJohn Dedman
Michelle MarzoRosalind Evatt
Paul HuntJohn Burton
Harold HopkinsHarold HopkinsEdgar Ross
Paul SonkkilaPaul SonkkilaRon Tate
Bill YoungBill YoungJim Cooper
Valerie BaderValerie BaderMary Alice Evatt
Ray MeagherRay MeagherTom Burke

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