The True Believers

Plot Summary

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters "Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who used to stand for something but eventually stood only for Menzies; and Evatt, the grand idealist... It's almost like Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. It's a chunk of national history during Australia's great era of change after the war."

Top Cast

Ed Devereaux Ben Chifley

John Bonney Robert Menzies

Simon Chilvers H.V. Evatt

John Derum B.A. Santamaria

Graham Rouse Arthur Fadden