The Sundowners
1960 · Movie · 2h 13m · NR
DramaAdventure
"Across Six Thousand Miles of Excitement...Across a Whole World of Adventure Comes the Rousing, Story of Real People Called "The Sundowners"!"
Overview
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
82/100
Key crew
- Fred ZinnemannDirector
- Isobel LennartScreenplay
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Deborah KerrIda Carmody
- Robert MitchumPaddy Carmody
- Peter UstinovRupert Venneker
- Glynis JohnsMrs. Firth
- Dina MerrillJean Halstead
- Chips RaffertyQuinlan
- Michael Anderson Jr.Sean Carmody
- Lola BrooksLiz Brown
- Wylie WatsonHerb Johnson
- John MeillonBluey Brown
- Ronald FraserOcker
- Gerry DugganShearer
Stills
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Themes
sheepbased on novel or bookfamilyaustralian outback1920ssheep shearing