Breaker Morant

Drama, War, History

Bryan Brown	Lt. Peter Handcock
Edward Woodward	Lt. Harry 'Breaker' Morant
Jack Thompson	Maj. J.F. Thomas
John Waters	Capt. Alfred Taylor
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell	Lt. Col. Denny
Vincent Ball	Col. Ian 'Johnny' Hamilton
Ray Meagher	Sgt. Maj. Drummond
Chris Haywood	Cpl. Sharp
Russell Kiefel	Christiaan Botha
Lewis Fitz-Gerald	Lt. George Ramsdale Witton
Terence Donovan	Capt. Simon Hunt
John Waters (III)

Director	Bruce Beresford
Producer	Matt Carroll; Matthew Carroll
Writer	Kenneth Ross; Jonathan Hardy; Kenneth G. Ross

In 1901, during the South African Boer War, several Australian soldiers are on trial in a military court run by the British. They have been accused of murdering a group of prisoners as well as a missionary. The men on trial include Peter Handcock (Bryan Brown), Harry “Breaker” Morant (Edward Woodward), and George Witton (Lewis Fitz-gerald). Morant was born in England but spent a long time in Australia. He claims that he was only following some unofficial orders. They have a lawyer from Australia, Major Thomas (Jack Thompson), who tries very hard to get them a hearing. Their superiors have committed wrongdoings and use the accused men to take attention away from this fact.