The Overlanders

The Overlanders

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

1946 en 91 minutes

Rating: 5.955

Plot

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.

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Cast

Chips Rafferty

Chips Rafferty

Dan McAlpine

John Nugent Hayward

John Nugent Hayward

Bill Parsons

Daphne Campbell

Daphne Campbell

Mary Parsons

Jean Blue

Jean Blue

Mrs. Parsons

Helen Grieve

Helen Grieve

Helen Parsons

John Fernside

John Fernside

Corky

Peter Pagan

Peter Pagan

Sailor

Frank Ransome

Frank Ransome

Charlie

Stan Tolhurst

Stan Tolhurst

Manager

Marshall Crosby

Marshall Crosby

Minister

Clyde Combo

Clyde Combo

Aborigine Jacky

Henry Murdoch

Henry Murdoch

Aborigine Nipper

Steve Dodd

Steve Dodd

Aborigine (uncredited)

John Fegan

John Fegan

Police Sergeant

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