- The Overlanders (film)
Infobox Film | name = The Overlanders
caption =
director =Harry Watt
producer =Michael Balcon
writer =Harry Watt
andRalph Smart
starring =Chips Rafferty John Nugent Hayward Daphne Campbell John Fernside Peter Pagan Helen Grieve Jean Blue
music = John Ireland
cinematography =Osmond Borradaile
editing =Inman Hunter
distributor =Ealing Studios Universal Pictures (US)
released =1946
runtime = 91 min.
country = flagicon|AUSAustralia
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0038821"The Overlanders" is a
1946 Australia n film about drovers droving a large herd of cattle 1600 miles overland from theNorthern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north ofBrisbane ,Queensland duringWorld War II .The film was one of several produced in Australia by
Ealing Studios , and featured among the castChips 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.
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, 1994External links
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A7597%20Media%3A%22FILM%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 The Overlanders at the National Film and Sound Archive]
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