Rangle River

Marion Hastings returns to her father Dan's cattle property in western Queensland after being away in Europe for fifteen years. She is treated with hostility by her father's foreman, Dick Drake, and her father's neighbour, Don Lawton.

Victor Jory

Dick Drake

Margaret Dare

Marion Hastings

Robert Coote

Reggie Mannister, Flight-Lieutenant

George Bryant

Dan Hastings

Rita Pauncefort

Aunt Abbie Hastings

Leo Cracknell

'Barb-Wire'