The Overlanders

The story

It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth" policy. Rather than kill all their cattle, a disparate group decides to drive them overland half way across the continent, from Wyndham in Western Australia through the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland.

Cast & crew

Chips RaffertyDan McAlpine

John Nugent Hayward

John Nugent HaywardBill Parsons

Daphne Campbell

Daphne CampbellMary Parsons

Jean Blue

Jean BlueMrs. Parsons

Helen Grieve

Helen GrieveHelen Parsons

John Fernside

John FernsideCorky

Peter Pagan

Peter PaganSailor

Frank Ransome

Frank RansomeCharlie

Stan Tolhurst

Stan TolhurstManager

Marshall Crosby

Marshall CrosbyMinister

Clyde Combo

Clyde ComboAborigine Jacky

Henry Murdoch

Henry MurdochAborigine Nipper