---
title: 'The Sundowners (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fred Zinnemann'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 141
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sundowners-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054353/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Sundowners (1960)

1960 · 141 min · Drama, Adventure · Australia, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Sundowners is a 1960 drama Western film film that tells the story of a 1920s Australian outback family torn between the father's desires to continue his nomadic sheep-herding ways and the wife and son's desire to settle in one place. The Sundowners was produced and directed by Fred Zinnemann, adapted by Isobel Lennart from Jon Cleary's 1952 novel of the same name, with Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Mervyn Johns, Dina Merrill, Michael Anderson Jr., and Chips Rafferty.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fred Zinnemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-zinnemann)
- **Screenplay:** [Isobel Lennart](https://cinepixo.com/people/isobel-lennart), [Jon Cleary](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-cleary)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Producer:** [Gerry Blattner](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-blattner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Hildyard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hildyard)
- **Editor:** [Jack Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-harris)

## Cast

- [Bryan Pringle](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-pringle)
- [Peter Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ustinov)
- [Ray Barrett](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-barrett)
- [Colin Tapley](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-tapley)
- [Robert Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mitchum)
- [Deborah Kerr](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-kerr)
- [Molly Urquhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/molly-urquhart)
- [Michael Anderson, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-anderson-jr)
- [Wylie Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wylie-watson)
- [John Meillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-meillon)
- [Glynis Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/glynis-johns)
- [Ronald Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-fraser)
- [Ewen Solon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewen-solon)
- [Dina Merrill](https://cinepixo.com/people/dina-merrill)
- [Chips Rafferty](https://cinepixo.com/people/chips-rafferty)

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