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The Overlanders

1946

91 minutes

WesternAdventure

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Chips Rafferty headshot

Chips Rafferty

Dan McAlpine

John Nugent Hayward headshot

John Nugent Hayward

Bill Parsons

Daphne Campbell headshot

Daphne Campbell

Mary Parsons

Jean Blue headshot

Jean Blue

Mrs. Parsons

Helen Grieve headshot

Helen Grieve

Helen Parsons

John Fernside headshot

John Fernside

Corky

Peter Pagan headshot

Peter Pagan

Sailor

Frank Ransome headshot

Frank Ransome

Charlie

Stan Tolhurst headshot

Stan Tolhurst

Manager

Marshall Crosby headshot

Marshall Crosby

Minister

Clyde Combo headshot

Clyde Combo

Aborigine Jacky

Henry Murdoch headshot

Henry Murdoch

Aborigine Nipper

Steve Dodd headshot

Steve Dodd

Aborigine (uncredited)

John Fegan headshot

John Fegan

Police Sergeant