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1957
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4/5
- “The Sundowners” does run a tad too long, and there is an occasional lull or two. The absence of a more defined plot may be an issue for some as well. But the movie does a great job of selling its characters and drawing us to them. Rated: 4/5 • Aug 25, 2022
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The Sundowners. In 1920s Australia, Paddy Carmody (Robert Mitchum) is a roaming Irish sheepherder who loves his nomadic lifestyle. His wife, Ida (Deborah Kerr), and young son, Sean (Michael ...
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- Deborah Kerr
- Fred Zinnemann
- Drama
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TOP CRITIC. The Sundowners carries leisureliness to a point where it becomes self-defeating. There is not nearly enough in the film that has to be there, and far too much that is there merely to...
This film is about a family of migrant workers--not a lazy 'sundowner' (see the IMDb trivia for more on this). They travel across Australia driving and shearing sheep to make a few quid--always on the move and no permanent home of their own.
With Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns. In Australia's Outback during the early twentieth century, the impoverished Carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon, but the mom and son want to settle, while the dad is against it.
- (4.9K)
- Drama, Western
- Fred Zinnemann
- 1960-12-09
The Sundowners is a 1960 Technicolor comedy-drama [5] film that tells the story of a 1920s Australian outback family torn between the father's desires to continue his nomadic sheep-herding ways and the wife and son's desire to settle in one place.
Jun 11, 2014 · Paddy’s stubbornness and his family’s patience provide the film its central contention. Some critics pointed out that there isn’t a lot of plot in “The Sundowners”. That’s essentially true although the film’s intent is to be a sprawling tale of the family’s lives, love, and rugged endurance.
2 h 13 m. Summary In Australia's Outback during the early twentieth century, the impoverished Carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon, but the mom and son want to settle, while the dad is against it. Drama. Western. Directed By: Fred Zinnemann.
