The Overlanders (1946)
"A dramatic epic that echoes the heart beats of Australia's Greatness!"

Title: The Overlanders
Original Title: The Overlanders
Release Date: 1946-09-27
Status: Released
Rating: 5.7/10 (from 18 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Western, Adventure
Production Companies: Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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.
Cast

Chips Rafferty
Dan McAlpine

John Nugent Hayward
Bill Parsons

Daphne Campbell
Mary Parsons

Jean Blue
Mrs. Parsons

Helen Grieve
Helen Parsons

John Fernside
Corky

Peter Pagan
Sailor

Frank Ransome
Charlie

Stan Tolhurst
Manager

Marshall Crosby
Minister