The Overlanders

"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.

Director: Harry Watt

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