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The Overlanders (1946) It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating

The Overlanders (1946)

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 overl

Cast:
Dan McAlpine: Chips Rafferty
Bill Parsons: John Nugent Hayward
Mary Parsons: Daphne Campbell
Mrs. Parsons: Jean Blue
Helen Parsons: Helen Grieve
Corky: John Fernside
Sailor ("Sinbad"): Peter Pagan
Charlie: Frank Ransome
Manager: Stan Tolhurst
Minister: Marshall Crosby
Police Sergeant: John Fegan
Aborigine Jacky: Clyde Combo
Aborigine Nipper: Henry Murdoch
Aborigine: Steve Dodd

Written by: Harry Watt

Director: Harry Watt

Production: Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Release date: 26 Dec 1946
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