Hammers Over the Anvil
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1994-07-22
Runtime: 97 mins
Director: Ann Turner
Spoken language: English
Genres: Romance, Drama
Original title: Hammers Over the Anvil
Production Companies: Harvest Productions Pty. Ltd., South Australian Film Corporation, Australian Film Finance Corporation
Production Countries: Australia
Cast
Russell Crowe
Charlotte Rampling
Alexander Outhread
Frankie J. Holden
Jake Frost
Alethea McGrath
John Rafter Lee
Frank Gallacher
Amanda Douge
Kirsty McGregor
Daphne Grey
Caroline Kemp
Sam Nightingale
Syd Brisbane
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