The Overlanders

Synopsis

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

Written by

Harry Watt

Music

John Ireland

Studio

Ealing Studios

Released

27 September 1946

Genres

Western, Adventure