---
title: 'The Overlanders (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harry Watt'
released: '1946-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-overlanders-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038821/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Overlanders (1946)

1946 · 91 min · Drama, Western · Australia, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Overlanders is a 1946 British-Australian Western film about drovers driving a large herd of cattle 1,600 miles (2,575 km) overland from Wyndham, Western Australia through the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland, during World War II.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harry Watt](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-watt)
- **Screenplay:** [Harry Watt](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-watt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Ireland](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ireland-2)
- **Producer:** [Michael Balcon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-balcon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Osmond Borradaile](https://cinepixo.com/people/osmond-borradaile)
- **Editor:** [Inman Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/inman-hunter)

## Cast

- [Chips Rafferty](https://cinepixo.com/people/chips-rafferty)

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