Doc Evatt is elected Opposition Leader after Chifley's tragic death, but the odds are stacked against him. Menzies uses the Communist menace as a stick to beat him and milks the Petrov affair for all it's worth.
Ed Devereaux
Ben Chifley
John Bonney
Robert Menzies
Simon Chilvers
H.V. Evatt
Graham Rouse
Arthur Fadden
Nick Tate
Les Hayden
Gary Files
Fred Daly
Harold Hopkins
Edgar Ross
Paul Sonkkila
Ron Tate
Bill Young
Jim Cooper
Valerie Bader
Mary Alice Evatt
Ray Meagher
Tom Burke
John Ewart
Fred Daley
Bryan Marshall
Richard Casey
Joan Bruce
Pattie Menzies
Kevin Golsby
Narrator
Kenneth Radley
Bill Parkinson
Danny Adcock
Lloyd Ross
Diane Craig
Elsie
Robin Bowering
Mr. Purcell
Tracy Mann
Tess Ross
Norman Kaye
Archbishop Mannix
Rob Steele
Clyde Cameron
Bob Baines
Stan Keon
Gerry Duggan
Wally
Colin Borgonon