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The Overlanders

on BBC Two England

starring
Chips
Rafferty Daphne Campbell
In 1942 the Japanese invasion of northern Australia seemed inevitable and a scorched earth policy was planned. But drover Dan McAlpine knows that 1,000 head of cattle can help to win the war and with a small band of helpers starts a trek across 2,000 miles of some of the toughest country in the world.
Screenplay by HARRY WATT Producer MICHAEL BALCON DirectorHARRY WATT Films: page 11

Contributors

Unknown:
Rafferty Daphne Campbell
Unknown:
Dan McAlpine
Unknown:
Harry Watt
Producer:
Michael Balcon
Director:
Harry Watt
Dan McAlpine:
Chips Rafferty
Bill Parsons:
John Nugent Hayward
Mary Parsons:
Daphne Campbell
Mrs Parsons:
Jeanblue
Helen Parsons:
Helen Grieve
Corky:
John Fernside
Sailor (' Sinbad '):
Peter Pagan
Charlie:
Frank Ransome
Manager:
Stan Tollhurst
Minister:
Marshall Crosby
Police Sergeant:
John Fegan
Aborigine Jacky:
Clyde Combo
Aborigine Nipper:
Henry Murdoch

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