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The Sundowners

6.7 133 mins Drama   Adventure   1960
Warner Bros. Pictures  
Director(s): Fred Zinnemann

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.

Casts of The Sundowners

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

Mercia Barden

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)

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