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7.0/10   121 votes
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Writer:
Harry Watt (writer)
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Release Date:
26 December 1946 (USA) more
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A dramatic epic that echoes the heart beats of Australia's Greatness!
Plot:
It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating... more | add synopsis
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A great look at the Australian outback. more (4 total)

Cast

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Chips Rafferty ... Dan McAlpine
John Nugent Hayward ... Bill Parsons
Daphne Campbell ... Mary Parsons
Jean Blue ... Mrs. Parsons
Helen Grieve ... Helen Parsons
John Fernside ... Corky
Peter Pagan ... Sailor ("Sinbad")
Frank Ransome ... Charlie
Stan Tolhurst ... Manager
Marshall Crosby ... Minister
John Fegan ... Police Sergeant
Clyde Combo ... Aborigine Jacky
Henry Murdoch ... Aborigine Nipper
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Runtime:
91 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
A great look at the Australian outback., 28 January 2001
7/10
Author: Dave Whiteman from Sydney, Australia

Somewhat dated at the turn of the century but a wonderful look back at outback life at the end of WWII. There is no pretence in this movie... it is an honest insight into the life of the drovers who, before road trains, faced the outback with their vast herds of cattle and drove them for months through all conditions. Rafferty is of course the perfect image of the young drover of those days. There is even some dialogue relevant to the changing country and things that we would understand 50 years later. A must see for all Aussies.

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