The Overlanders (1946)

6.0/10 91 min Western Adventure

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.

Cast

Chips Rafferty

Dan McAlpine

Steve Dodd

Aborigine (uncredited)

John Fegan

Police Sergeant

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