Hammers Over the Anvil 1994
Hammers Over the Anvil 1994 Synopsis - 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.
- Released: 1994-07-22
- Runtime: 97 minutes
- Genre: Romance, Drama
- Stars: Russell Crowe, Charlotte Rampling, Alexander Outhread, Frankie J. Holden, Jake Frost
- Director: Sash Lamey, Jane Surrich, Beverley Freeman, Suzie Warhurst-Steele, Gary Buss
- Network: Hammers Over the Anvil
- Source: CWR CRB
