“Across Six Thousand Miles of Excitement...Across a Whole World of Adventure Comes the Rousing, Story of Real People Called "The Sundowners"!”
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.
Deborah Kerr
Ida Carmody
Robert Mitchum
Paddy Carmody
Peter Ustinov
Rupert Venneker
Glynis Johns
Mrs. Firth
Dina Merrill
Jean Halstead
Chips Rafferty
Quinlan
Michael Anderson Jr.
Sean Carmody
Lola Brooks
Liz Brown
Wylie Watson
Herb Johnson
John Meillon
Bluey Brown
The Sundowners is a drama, adventure film released in 1960 exploring themes of sheep, based on novel or book, family, australian outback, 1920s, sheep shearing. Directed by Fred Zinnemann, it stars Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov. 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.
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