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Saturday Cinema 1: The Overlanders

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Chips Rafferty, Daphne Campbell

1942: the Japanese invasion of northern Australia seem inevitable and a scorched earth policy is planned. But drover Dan McAlpine knows that a thousand head of cattle can help win the war and with a small band of helpers starts a trek across some of the toughest country in the world.

Films: page 31

Contributors

Screenplay/Director:
Harry Watt
Producer:
Michael Balcon
Dan McAlpine:
Chips Rafferty
Bill Parsons:
John Nugent Hayward
Mary Parsons:
Daphne Campbell
Mrs Parsons:
Jean Blue
Helen Parsons:
Helen Grieve
Corky:
John Fernside
Sailor (Sinbad):
Peter Pagan
Charlie:
Frank Ransome
Manager:
Stan Tolhurst
Source: Radio Times

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