The True Believers

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."

CAST

Ed DevereauxBen Chifley

John BonneyRobert Menzies

Simon ChilversH.V. Evatt

John DerumB.A. Santamaria

Graham RouseArthur Fadden

Nick TateLes Hayden

Gary 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