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The Overlanders is a 1946 British-Australian Western film about drovers driving a large herd of cattle 1,600 miles overland from Wyndham, Western Australia through the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland during World War II.
- £160,000 (Australia), 1,143,888 admissions (France), £250,000 (total)
- John Ireland
- £40,000 or £80,000 or £130,000
- Michael Balcon, Ralph Smart (associate)
The Overlanders: Directed by Harry Watt. With Chips Rafferty, John Nugent Hayward, Daphne Campbell, Jean Blue. 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.
- (500)
- Harry Watt
- Approved
- Adventure, Drama, Western
Inspired by a true tale, this film follows horseman Dan McAlpine (Chips Rafferty) as he guides a massive herd of cattle across the punishing terrain of northern Australia. At the outset of World...
- (6)
- Harry Watt
- Adventure
- Chips Rafferty
Screenshots. The Overlanders (1946, Australia/UK) In British writer/director Harry Watt's influential, dramatic, western-adventure epic of WWII, a recreation of a true-life event that occurred in 1942 -- it was the first Ealing Studios production in Australia, the first Australian movie to be filmed almost entirely outdoors, and a precursor to ...
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Film Details. Brief Synopsis. 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. Cast & Crew. Read More. Harry Watt. Director.
Sep 10, 2012 · Time Out says. Ealing's plans to dramatise the Australian contribution to the war effort didn't mature until after hostilities ceased, but the success of this epic reconstruction of a 1942 cattle ...
