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.
as East Driscoll
as Grace McAlister
as Alan Marshall
as Bushman Marshall
as Joe Carmichael
as Mrs. Bilson
as Charles McAlister
as Mr. Thomas the Preacher
as Nellie Bolster
as Elsie Marshall
as Mrs. Herbert
as Lucy Taylor
as Freckles Jack
as Duke the Dance Caller
as Father Finnegan
as Snarley Burns
