
"Friday night he's too tired; Saturday night too drunk; Sunday, too far away."
The harsh, competitive world of Australian sheep-shearers provides the setting for this powerful film. Foley and 'Black Arthur' do battle for the position of 'top shearer' amid the boozy world of men isolated from civilisation. After weeks of work they are confronted with non-union labour undercutting them - a situation which leads to a violent conclusion.
Foley

Tim King

Old Garth

Tom

Arthur Black

Ugly

Basher
Beresford

Sheila Dawson
Michael Simpson
Rousie
Quinn
Wentworth
Ivy
Frankie Davis
Barman
Mailman

Jim the Learner
Undertaker