Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.
| Directing | Ann Turner | Director |
| Editing | Ken Sallows | Editor |
| Art | Ross Major | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ross Major | Costume Design |
| Writing | Peter Hepworth | Screenplay |
| Camera | James Bartle | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Not Drowning Waving | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Ben Gannon | Producer |
| Art | Vicki Niehus | Art Direction |
| Writing | Ann Turner | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sash Lamey | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jane Surrich | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beverley Freeman | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzie Warhurst-Steele | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Gary Buss | Unit Manager |
| Production | Barbara Gibbs | Production Manager |
| Directing | Chris Webb | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Monica Pearce | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Geoffrey Giuffre | Third Assistant Director |
| Art | Guy Allain | Painter |
| Crew | Peter Collias | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Tony Cronin | Set Dressing Buyer |
| Art | Julie Ferrand | Property Builder |
| Crew | Brenton Grear | Carpenter |
| Art | John Moore | Construction Manager |
| Art | Tamara Pankiw | Draughtsman |
| Art | Tony Cronin | Set Dresser |
| Art | Andrew Plumer | Set Dressing Buyer |
| Art | Andrew Plumer | Set Dresser |
| Art | Christo Reid | Painter |
| Art | Tony Rosella | Runner Art Department |
| Art | John Santucci | Standby Property Master |
| Crew | Tim Stanley | Carpenter |
| Crew | Arthur Vette | Carpenter |
| Art | Deborah Wilde | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Tony Xeros | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Steve Burgess | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | James Currie | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Dean Gawen | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ashley Grenville | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Paul Huntingford | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Anne Le Campion | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Scott Piper | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Ronny Reinhard | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Simpson | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Pete Smith | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Phil Tipene | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Rex Watts | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Zev Eleftheriou | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Lea Reid | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Bernadette Van Gyen | Stunt Double |
| Lighting | Darrin Ballangarry | Electrician |
| Camera | David Foreman | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Werner Gerlach | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Hugh Hartshorne | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Darrin Keough | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jennifer Mitchell | Additional Still Photographer |
| Camera | Robin Morgan | Grip |
| Camera | Brad Shield | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Serge Thomann | Additional Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Trevor Toune | Gaffer |
| Camera | Robbie Van Amstel | Assistant Grip |
| Camera | Lyddy Van Gyen | Additional Camera |
| Camera | David Williamson | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jules Wurm | Clapper Loader |
| Production | Jan Killen | Extras Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandi Cichello | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth De la Lande | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tracey Richardson | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christopher Webster | Dresser |
| Editing | Maria Kaltenthaler | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Ian Letcher | Color Grading |
| Production | David Lightfoot | Location Manager |
| Sound | Christine Woodruff | Music Coordinator |
| Writing | Peter Gawler | Script Editor |
| Writing | Sue Smith | Script Editor |
| Directing | Kristin Witcombe | Continuity |
| Art | Oliver Streeton | Title Designer |
| Production | Heather Muirhead | Production Secretary |
