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Hammers Over the Anvil

1h 37m Drama, Romance 1993

It is the summer of 1910 East Driscoll commences a passionate affair with Grace McAlister, a married and much older aristocratic Englishwoman

It is the summer of 1910 and in the small country town of Turalla the young polio stricken Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhred) is on the cusp of teenagehood, dreaming of becoming a great horseman just like the town’s hero, East Driscoll. When East commences a passionate affair with Grace McAlister, a married and much older aristocratic Englishwoman, Alan witnesses the backlash from a hard, cruel society with strict social taboos and even harsher penalties.

Director

Ann Turner

Language

English

Country

Australia