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Saturday Matinee: The Sundowners

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Concludes the double bill of family adventures set in Australia. Starring Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum
1920s: Paddy Carmody and his family are sundowners, travelling around the country working where they can and making home wherever the sun sets. Paddy loves the freedom but his wife Ida and son Sean would like to settle down. The conflict is resolved in an unexpected way.
Director Fred Zinnemann (1960) ♦ See Films: pages 69-76 *****

Contributors

Unknown:
Deborah Kerr.
Unknown:
Robert Mltchum
Unknown:
Paddy Carmody
Director:
Fred Zinnemann
Ida Carmody:
Deborah Kerr
Paddy Carmody:
Robert Mitchum
Venneker:
Peter Ustinov
Sean:
Michael Anderson Jr
Mrs Rrth:
Glynis Johns
Jean Halstead:
Dina Merrill
Bob Hatstead:
Ewen Solon
Quintan:
Chips Rafferty
Uz:
Lola Brooks
Bluey:
John Meillon
Source: Radio Times

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