Proposition, The
Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the four Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs
. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the gang’s mastermind, remains at large has and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley’s proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days.
Title: Proposition, The
Release Date: 2005
Genres: Drama
- Directors: Hillcoat, John
- Actors:
- Budge, Tom as Samuel Stote
- Pearce, Guy as Charlie Burns
- Watson, Emily as Martha Stanley
- Winstone, Ray as Captain Stanley
- Wenham, David as Eden Fletcher
- Hurt, John as Jellon Lamb
- Wilson, Richard as Mike Burns
- Morgan, Robert as Sgt Lawrence