The Overlanders (film)
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| The Overlanders | |
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| Directed by | Harry Watt |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Written by | Harry Watt and Ralph Smart |
| Starring | Chips Rafferty John Nugent Hayward Daphne Campbell John Fernside Peter Pagan Helen Grieve Jean Blue |
| Music by | John Ireland |
| Cinematography | Osmond Borradaile |
| Editing by | Inman Hunter |
| Distributed by | Ealing Studios Universal Pictures (US) |
| Release date(s) | 1946 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Country |  Australia |
| Language | English |
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The Overlanders is a 1946 Australian film about drovers droving a large herd of cattle 1600 miles overland from the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland during World War II.
The film was one of several produced in Australia by Ealing Studios, and featured among the cast Chips Rafferty.
The film score was written by the English composer John Ireland. It was his only film score. An orchestral suite was extracted from the score by the conductor Sir Charles Mackerras after Ireland's death.
[edit] References
- "The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia — Theatre . Film . Radio . Television — Volume 1" — Ann Atkinson, Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee — Allen & Unwin Pty. Ltd., 1996
- "The Australian Film and Television Companion" — compiled by Tony Harrison — Simon & Schuster Australia, 1994
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