True Believers

True Believers is a 1988 Australian miniseries which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War II 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." Cast Ed Devereaux as Ben Chifley John Bonney as Robert Menzies Simon Chilvers as H.V. Evatt Nick Tate as Les Haylen Ray Meagher as Tom Burke Harold Hopkins as Edgar Ross Graham Rouse as Arthur Fadden Gary Files as Fred Daly John Derum as B.A. Santamaria Tracy Mann as Tess Ross Ron Blanchard as Arthur Calwell Bryan Marshall as Richard Casey Bob Baines as Stan Keon Rob Steele as Clyde Cameron Danny Adcock as Lloyd Ross Diane Craig as Elsie Valerie Bader as Mary Alice Evatt Jeff Ashby as Garfield Barwick John Ewart as Eddie Ward Joan Bruce as Pattie Menzies Malcolm Robertson as Idris Williams Max Phipps as Sir Frank Packer Norman Kaye as Archbishop Daniel Mannix Stuart McCreery as Allan Dalziel