The Overlanders
6.5
“A dramatic epic that echoes the heart beats of Australia's Greatness!”
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.
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Cast
21 people
Chips Rafferty
Dan McAlpine
Known for
Wake in Fright
Mutiny on the Bounty
John Nugent Hayward
Bill Parsons
Harry Watt
Michael Balcon
Osmond Borradaile
Daphne Campbell
Mary Parsons
No other roles listed
Ralph Smart
Inman Hunter
Jean Blue
Mrs. Parsons
Also in
Bitter Springs
Carl Kayser
Helen Grieve
Helen Parsons
Also in
Bush Christmas
John Ireland
Harry Watt Director · John Ireland Composer Osmond Borradaile Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $3.2M · Budget $340K · United States release December 26, 1946
Box office
Budget
$340,000
Worldwide gross
$3,160,000
Gross vs. budget
9.3×
Production
Ealing Studios
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
Australia · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · September 27, 1946
Theatrical
United States · December 26, 1946
Theatrical
Austria
June 27, 1947
Belgium
June 17, 1947 · Festival Mondial du Film et des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles
Denmark
February 2, 1948
Finland
August 29, 1947
France
September 5, 1947
Germany
September 26, 1947
Hong Kong SAR China
October 7, 1948
Hungary
April 8, 1948
Italy
September 15, 1947 · Venice Film Festival
Japan
October 18, 1948
Mexico
May 27, 1949
Spain
December 25, 1972 · TV premiere
Sweden
August 29, 1947 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 2, 1946 · Theatrical
XC
June 13, 1947 · Theatrical
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