The Overlanders

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.

Directed by Harry Watt

Top cast

Chips Rafferty

Dan McAlpine

J

John Nugent Hayward

Bill Parsons

D

Daphne Campbell

Mary Parsons

J

Jean Blue

Mrs. Parsons

H

Helen Grieve

Helen Parsons

J

John Fernside

Corky

P

Peter Pagan

Sailor

F

Frank Ransome

Charlie

S

Stan Tolhurst

Manager

M

Marshall Crosby

Minister

C

Clyde Combo

Aborigine Jacky

H

Henry Murdoch

Aborigine Nipper

Steve Dodd

Aborigine (uncredited)

John Fegan

Police Sergeant

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