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The cattle drive is extremely difficult, encountering crocodiles, blazing heat and other dangers. Mary and Sinbad start a romance. Dan speaks out against Corky's plans to develop the
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Atkinson, Ann; Knight, Linsay; McPhee, Margaret (1996).
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Vagg, Stephen (24 July 2019). "50 Meat Pie Westerns".
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This acclaim prompted Ealing (and its parent company,
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romance with Peter Pagan rather than Chips Rafferty."
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Saturday 22 May 1954 Supplement: Sunday Magazine p 21
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1418:"Stars Of "The Overlander" Had To Miss The Premiere"
1214:"Cast for Overlanders' passes through Broken Hill"
1130:"Late News: Australia Could Be Film-making Centre"
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1359:"Filming Great Cattle Trek For "The Overlanders""
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1705:. 1 January 1947. p. 1 Supplement: Playtime
937:, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 204.
1669:""The Overlanders'" Damn Was Not For Americans"
1454:. Rockhampton, Qld. 15 November 1946. p. 1
498:Clyde Combo and Henry Murdoch were cast as the
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1243:"Onus, William Townsend (Bill) (1906 - 1968)"
2706:The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1834:. Australia: National Film and Sound Archive
1817:The Australian Film and Television Companion
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1222:. Broken Hill, NSW. 11 April 1945. p. 1
1475:"John Ireland: The Overlanders, film score"
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1657:. Princeton University Press. p. 232.
1600:– via National Library of Australia.
1557:– via National Library of Australia.
1516:– via National Library of Australia.
1500:"Watt Talks on Plans For Australian Films"
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1158:"Women's News AAMWS in film role"
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625:Reviews were extremely positive.
573:Post-production work was done in
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2418:The Man Who Changed His Mind
1584:"'Outlaw' gets past censors"
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1952:The Saving of Bill Blewitt
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1617:. Routledge. p. 209.
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1992:Christmas Under Fire
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1976:London Can Take It!
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1473:Stevenson, Joseph.
1446:""THE OVERLANDERS""
1015:at Box Office Story
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728:Tomorrow is Forever
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615:Ron Randell
552:Roper River
504:Palm Island
493:Gary Cooper
447:Development
416:as Minister
399:Peter Pagan
308:film about
108:Peter Pagan
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60:Ralph Smart
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2969:1946 films
2963:Categories
2858:The Maggie
2810:The Magnet
2570:Undercover
2450:Doctor Syn
2410:Tudor Rose
2332:Red Ensign
2300:It's a Boy
2212:The Vortex
1944:Night Mail
1929:Harry Watt
984:ABC Weekly
918:References
907:Home media
833:US release
788:Spellbound
736:Wonder Man
637:Box office
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441:Steve Dodd
435:John Fegan
329:Queensland
301:is a 1946
283:Box office
245:91 minutes
217:1946-09-27
164:Production
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48:Written by
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2324:Evergreen
1960:North Sea
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608:Reception
516:Bill Onus
425:as Nipper
401:as Sinbad
259:Australia
250:Countries
132:Edited by
114:Jean Blue
16:1946 film
2594:Nine Men
2180:Downhill
2027:Nine Men
2019:Features
1505:The Mail
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963:28 April
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275:Budget
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1787:4 May
764:Gilda
744:Kitty
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1853:IMDb
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1789:2013
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