List of the best Ralph Cotterill movies: Burke and Wills(1985), Lorca and the Outlaws(1985), Where the Green Ants Dream(1984), The Survivor(1980), The Lighthorsemen(1987) ... ...
Drama, History
Australia
1985
140 Minutes
Charley Gray
Jack Thompson Nigel Havers Greta Scacchi Matthew Fargher Ralph Cotterill Drew Forsythe Chris Heywood Monroe Reimers Barry Hill
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A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Sci-Fi
1985
100 Minutes
Jowitt
John Tarrant Donough Rees Deep Roy Cassandra Webb Ralph Cotterill Hugh Keays-Byrne
The human inhabitants of a 21st-century desert planet battle a ruthless mercenary's mechanized police force.
Drama
West Germany|Australia
1984
100 Minutes
Fletcher
Bruce Spence Norman Kaye Wandjuk Marika Roy Marika Ray Barrett Ralph Cotterill Nick Lathouris Basil Clarke Ray Marshall
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A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred.
Sci-Fi
Australia
1980
93 Minutes
Slater
Robert Powell Jenny Agutter Joseph Cotten Angela Punch McGregor Peter Sumner Ralph Cotterill Adrian Wright
A plane crashes just after takeoff and the only survivor, the pilot, walks out of the wreckage. He doesn't remember the crash, but 300 passengers and crew are dead. As the investigation goes on people are wanting answers.
War
Australia
1987
110 Minutes
Jon Blake Peter Phelps Tony Bonner Bill Kerr John Walton Gary Sweet Tim McKenzie Sigrid Thornton Anthony Andrews Anthony Hawkins Gerard Kennedy
In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.