The Overlanders

Sep 27, 1946

1h 31m

★ 5.8

A dramatic epic that echoes the heart beats of Australia's Greatness!

Overview

It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth" policy. Rather than kill all their cattle, a disparate group decides to drive them overland half way across the continent, from Wyndham in Western Australia through the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland.

Genres

Western

Adventure

Production Companies

Ealing Studios

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

The Overlanders Trailers

Cast

Dan McAlpine

Chips Rafferty

Bill Parsons

John Nugent Hayward

Mary Parsons

Daphne Campbell

Mrs. Parsons

Jean Blue

Helen Parsons

Helen Grieve

Corky

John Fernside

Sailor

Peter Pagan

Charlie

Frank Ransome

Manager

Stan Tolhurst

Minister

Marshall Crosby

Aborigine Jacky

Clyde Combo

Aborigine Nipper

Henry Murdoch

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