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.
Director: Harry Watt
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Chips Rafferty as Dan McAlpine |
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John Nugent Hayward as Bill Parsons |
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Daphne Campbell as Mary Parsons |
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Jean Blue as Mrs. Parsons |
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Helen Grieve as Helen Parsons |
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John Fernside as Corky |
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Peter Pagan as Sailor |
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Frank Ransome as Charlie |
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Stan Tolhurst as Manager |
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Marshall Crosby as Minister |
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Clyde Combo as Aborigine Jacky |
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Henry Murdoch as Aborigine Nipper |
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Steve Dodd as Aborigine (uncredited) |
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John Fegan as Police Sergeant |
| Directing | Harry Watt | Director |
| Writing | Harry Watt | Writer |
| Camera | Osmond Borradaile | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Carl Kayser | Camera Operator |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Editing | Inman Hunter | Editor |
| Sound | John Ireland | Original Music Composer |
