Acting

Mervyn Drake

Acting credits

Evil Angels poster
6.8

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.

Evil Angels

1988

Razorback poster
5.9

In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.

Razorback

1984

Vietnam poster
7.6

The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.

Vietnam

1987

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith poster
6.7

The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

1978

Emma's War poster
3.6

After the start of WW2, a mother takes her children from Sydney to the countryside.

Emma's War

1986

Danger Down Under poster
4.0

The story of an American horse-breeder living in Australia who is the single father of three sons.

Danger Down Under

1988

Afraid to Dance poster
8.0

An out-of-luck youth gets a lift from a shoplifter whose car he had planned to steal. They become involved in crime and romance together.

Afraid to Dance

1989

A Place to Call Home poster
7.0

Sam Gavin decides to relocate his family from Houston, Texas to a sheep station in Australia to protect his eleven children from the "destructive influences" of modern American society. Because of business obligations, he fails to join them and, more or less, abandons his wife, Liz, to the hardships of her new surroundings. Mother and children are determined to make a go of it.

A Place to Call Home

1987

Luigi’s Ladies poster
5.0

Shaken by the stockmarket crash of ’87 … plus a few other distractions like attempted murder, flirtatious affairs and a lunatic, knife wielding chef … their friendship is put to the test! But, rest assured, these resilient women-of-the-world will pull through and enjoy many more entrées together at Luigi’s!

Luigi’s Ladies

1989

Going Sane poster
2.5

A business executive leaves his wife and family when he discovers that he only has a short time left to live.

Going Sane

1987

Winter of Our Dreams poster
5.4

When a womanizing bookshop owner hears about the suicide of a former girlfriend, he tries to find out more and meets her friend, a prostitute. They hook up, but when she finds her friend's diary, she discovers she's repeating her mistakes.

Winter of Our Dreams

1981

The Clean Machine poster
7.0

A new Premier is elected promising to clean up corruption. He sets up a taskforce headed by a traffic cop thinking he won’t get far. But Inspector Riordan opens up a can of worms and won’t let it go – all the way to the top.

The Clean Machine

1988

Emoh Ruo poster
5.1

Nothing and no one is safe in this biting satire of the trials and tribulations of young marrieds buying their first home. "Emoh Ruo" takes direct aim at the financial institutions, builders, furniture salesmen, television commercials and almost any other of the many sharks in our society who lie in waiting, ready to help eager young couples commit economic suicide for their little piece of Australia. "Emoh Ruo" is the story of the Tunkley family. Terry cleans houses for a living - but what she'd really like is a house of her own. Her husband Des is quite content to go on living in a caravan. Terry spots an advertisement for 'The Buckingham', a low-budget project home. For Terri it's love at first sight but it isn't till she reveals the depth of her desperation that Des relents and sells his boat so they'll have enough for the deposit. Excitedly they move to the outskirts of Sydney to begin their new life but they soon discover the dream can turn into a nightmare.

Emoh Ruo

1985