Guy Pearce as Charlie Burns

Ray Winstone as Captain Morris Stanley

Danny Huston as Arthur Burns

Emily Watson as Martha Stanley

David Wenham as Eden Fletcher

Richard Wilson as Mike Burns

John Hurt as Jellon Lamb

Noah Taylor as Brian O'Leary

Robert Morgan as Sergeant Lawrence

Jeremy Madrona as Asian Prostitute

Jae Mamuyac as Asian Prostitute

Mick Roughan as Mad Jack Bradshaw

Shane Watt as John Gordon

David Gulpilil as Jacko

Bryan Probets as Officer Dunn

Oliver Ackland as Patrick Hopkins

David Vallon as Tom Cox

Daniel Parker as Henry Clark

Carl Rush as Robert Borland

Gary Waddell as Officer Davenport

Iain Gardiner as Officer Matthews

Bogdan Koca as Paul Broussard

Sue Dwyer as Mrs. Broussard

Lance Medlin as Dan O'Reilly

Rodney Boschman as Tobey

Boris Brkic as Officer Halloway

Ned Rose as Old Aboriginal

Leah Purcell as Queenie

Tom Budge as Samuel Stoat

Tom E. Lewis as Two Bob

Ralph Cotterill as Dr. Bantrey

Max Age as Thommo

Jerry Solomon as Blinky