The Sundowners (1960)

Across Six Thousand Miles of Excitement...Across a Whole World of Adventure Comes the Rousing, Story of Real People Called "The Sundowners"!

133 min★ 7.1 · 5,377 votes

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.

Release date: December 8, 1960
Country of origin: United States, United Kingdom, Australia

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Cast

Deborah Kerr as Ida Carmody
Robert Mitchum as Paddy Carmody
Peter Ustinov as Rupert Venneker
Glynis Johns as Mrs. Firth
Dina Merrill as Jean Halstead
Chips Rafferty as Quinlan
Michael Anderson Jr. as Sean Carmody
Lola Brooks as Liz Brown
Wylie Watson as Herb Johnson
John Meillon as Bluey Brown
Ronald Fraser as Ocker
Gerry Duggan as Shearer
Leonard Teale as Shearer
Peter Carver as Shearer
Dick Bentley as Shearer
Mervyn Johns as Jack Patchogue
Molly Urquhart as Mrs. Bateman
Ewen Solon as Halstead
Max Osbiston as Farm Couple
Ray Barrett as Man at Pub / Two-Up Game (uncredited)
Jack Cunningham as Paddy's Drinking Companion (uncredited)
John Fegan as Man (uncredited)
Lloyd Lamble as Mr. Bateman (uncredited)
Bryan Pringle as PC Thomas (uncredited)
Colin Tapley as Palmer (uncredited)
Alister Williamson as Shearer (uncredited)

Crew

Fred Zinnemann · Director
Isobel Lennart · Writer
Jon Cleary · Writer
Gerry Blattner · Producer
Dimitri Tiomkin · Composer
Jack Hildyard · Cinematographer
Jack Harris · Editor
Robert Lennard · Casting director
Gloria Payten · Casting director