The Overlanders (film)
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The Overlanders is a 1946 British-Australian Western film about drovers driving a large herd of cattle 1,600 miles overland from Wyndham, Western Australia through the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland during World War II.
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Directed by | Harry Watt |
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Cinematography | Osmond Borradaile |
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Music by | John Ireland |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | £40,000[1] or £80,000[2] or £130,000[3] |
Box office | £160,000 (Australia)[4] 1,143,888 admissions (France)[5] £250,000 (total)[2] |
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The film was the first of several produced in Australia by Ealing Studios, and featured among the cast Chips Rafferty. It was an early example of the genre later dubbed the "meat pie western".