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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."
Seasons
Season 1 (1988)8
Keywords
world war ii
cold war
prime minister
freedom of speech
constitution
parliament
political party
election campaign
trade union
idealism
anti-communism
class differences
disillusionment
political campaign
political leader
secret service
political intrigue
post world war ii
catholicism
communism
red scare
1940s
political figure
1950s
political repression
political scandal
australian history
political turmoil
leftist radicalism
political history
australian politics
australian prime minister
Casts

Ed Devereaux
Ben Chifley

John Bonney
Robert Menzies

Simon Chilvers
H.V. Evatt
John Derum
B.A. Santamaria

Graham Rouse
Arthur Fadden

Nick Tate
Les Hayden

Gary Files
Fred Daly
Stuart McCreery
Allan Dalziel
Mary-Lou Stewart
Joanna Malcolm
Dorothy St. Heaps
Elizabeth Chifley
Leonie-Martin Smith
Ethel Casey
Hec Macmillan
Sir William McKell
Peter Corbett
John Dedman
Michelle Marzo
Rosalind Evatt
Paul Hunt
John Burton

Harold Hopkins
Edgar Ross

Paul Sonkkila
Ron Tate

Bill Young
Jim Cooper

Valerie Bader
Mary Alice Evatt

Ray Meagher
Tom Burke
Ron Blanchard
Arthur Calwell

John Ewart
Fred Daley

Bryan Marshall
Richard Casey
Malcolm Robertson
Idris Williams

Joan Bruce
Pattie Menzies

Kevin Golsby
Narrator
Tim Elliott
Radio Announcer

Kenneth Radley
Bill Parkinson

Danny Adcock
Lloyd Ross

Diane Craig
Elsie
Jeff Ashby
Garfield Barwick

Robin Bowering
Mr. Purcell
Neil Fitzpatrick
H.C. Coombs

Tracy Mann
Tess Ross
Alan McQueen
Jim Healy

Norman Kaye
Archbishop Mannix

Rob Steele
Clyde Cameron

Bob Baines
Stan Keon
Scott McGregor
Jim Comerford

Gerry Duggan
Wally
Ron Hackett
Les McConnan

Colin Borgonon
Laurie Butler
Speaker of the House
Crews
John Lonie
Writer
Matt Carroll
Writer
Stephen O'Rourke
Line Producer
Matt Carroll
Executive Producer
Peter Fisk
Director
Gregor McLean
Production Design
Bruce Liebau
Producer
Richard A. Bond Jr.
Cinematography
Peter Knevitt
Cinematography
Cathy Forster
Editor
Peter Robson
Cinematography
Graham Tickle
Editor
William Motzing
Music
Julie Belle
Production Design
Julie Belle
Art Direction
Sandra Levy
Executive Producer
Bob Ellis
Writer
Geoffrey Wedlock
Production Design
Tony Conolly
Cinematography
Stephen Ramsay
Writer
Murray Tonkin
Cinematography
Jolanta Nejman
Costume Design