Hammers Over the Anvil (1994)

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.

Directing:
  • Ann Turner

Writing:
  • Ann Turner
  • Peter Hepworth
  • Sue Smith

Stars:
Release Date: 1994-07-22
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  • Country: AU
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 97
Alethea McGrath
Alethea McGra...
Mrs. Bilson
Amanda Douge
Amanda Douge
Nellie Bolster
Wayne Pygram
Wayne Pygram
Snarley Burns
Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe
East Driscoll
Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Ram...
Grace McAlister
Frankie J. Holden
Frankie J. Ho...
Bushman Marshall
Frank Gallacher
Frank Gallach...
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