Sprawling family saga set in the Australian wilderness of the '20s finds Kerr, Mitchum and his old shipmate Ustinov hoping to make a new life for themselves from the proceeds of a lengthy cross-country sheep-drive. Zinnemann's customary care for detail pays occasional dividends, but the film goes on rather too long. Sturdy performances and location work. Isobel Lennart wrote the script from a novel by Jon Cleary.
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Release details
Duration:
124 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Fred Zinnemann
Screenwriter:
Isobel Lennart
Cast:
Deborah Kerr Robert Mitchum Peter Ustinov Glynis Johns Chips Rafferty Dina Merrill John Meillon Ronald Fraser Mervyn Johns
