Synopsis

The Lighthorsemen (1987)

Palestine, 1917. The British advance has been stopped by the Turkish line running from Gaza to Beersheba. The latest attack on Gaza has failed. The attacking forces included a regiment of Australian mounted infantry, the Light Horse… Lighthorseman Frank is wounded in a skirmish with Bedouin. He is replaced by a young soldier, Dave, who proves to be a crack shot, but reluctant to fire at the enemy. Dave proves himself during a German biplane attack. Recuperating in hospital, he meets a sympathetic nurse, Anne… The regiment is called upon for a bold flanking attack on Beersheba. But how do you convince the Turks the main attack will come at Gaza? And how do you attack across a desert without water?
Simon Wincer
Peter Phelps, Nick Waters, John Larking, John Haywood, Di O’Connor, Shane Briant, Ralph Cotterill, Bill Kerr, Grant Piro, Tony Bonner, Serge Lazareff, Gary Sweet, John Walton, Tim McKenzie, Jon Blake, Matthew Randell, Peter Douglas, Patrick Frost, Adrian Wright, Jim Willoughby, Iain Strutt, Sigrid Thornton, Anne Scott-Pendlebury, Kingsley MacDonald, Brenton Whittle, Anthony Andrews, Anthony Hawkins, David Sadler, Michael Kitschke, John Kelly, Gerard Kennedy, Jon Sidney, Graham Dow, James Wright, Gary Stalker, Stephen Crockett, Tony Mack, Scott Bradley, Bill Stacey, David Bracks, Simon Palomares, Mark Pretti, Robert Simper, Steve Bastoni, Peter Merrill, Peter Browne, Terry Brittingham, Ashley Cooper, Jason Dunn, Brendan Egan, Steve Harrison, Lou Horvath, Adrian Ireland, William Kerr, Kevin May, Tom Mudge, Ricky Noble, Tom O’Brien, Vic O’Neal, Johnny Raaen, Leo Scanders, Barry Stephan, Richard Stevens, Milton Stevens, Tamas Szegedi, Farah Mak
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