The Overlanders (1946)
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.
- Released
- 1946-09-27
- Genres
- Western, Adventure
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Harry Watt
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 23 votes
Cast
- Chips Rafferty as Dan McAlpine
- John Nugent Hayward as Bill Parsons
- Daphne Campbell as Mary Parsons
- Jean Blue as Mrs. Parsons
- Helen Grieve as Helen Parsons
- John Fernside as Corky
- Peter Pagan as Sailor
- Frank Ransome as Charlie
- Stan Tolhurst as Manager
- Marshall Crosby as Minister
- Clyde Combo as Aborigine Jacky
- Henry Murdoch as Aborigine Nipper
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