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The Overlanders (35mm)
Sun
28
Sun 28 Sep 1:00 PM
Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
91 Mins
September
1946 | 35mm | AUS, UK | D: Harry Watt
Tough-as-guts drover Dan McAlpine (Chips Rafferty) must lead a mob of cattle from WA to Queensland during the Second World War to prevent them falling into Japanese hands.
First intended as a propaganda film for the Australian government, this 1946 movie pits a team of hardy drovers against wild horses, crocs, poison weeds and stampedes.
‘Almost 70 years on, it doesn’t play like a time capsule – just a good story very well told, with a punchy pace and an inspiring spirit of adventure.’ – The Guardian
Presented on 35mm film prints from the NFSA collection.
Tough-as-guts drover Dan McAlpine (Chips Rafferty) must lead a mob of cattle from WA to Queensland during the Second World War to prevent them falling into Japanese hands.
First intended as a propaganda film for the Australian government, this 1946 movie pits a team of hardy drovers against wild horses, crocs, poison weeds and stampedes.
‘Almost 70 years on, it doesn’t play like a time capsule – just a good story very well told, with a punchy pace and an inspiring spirit of adventure.’ – The Guardian
Presented on 35mm film prints from the NFSA collection.
September