The Sundowners

The Sundowners

1960 · 133 min · EN · NR · 6.6 (43 votes)
Dir. Fred Zinnemann · Starring Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Dina Merrill, Chips Rafferty · Music Dimitri Tiomkin

Across Six Thousand Miles of Excitement...Across a Whole World of Adventure Comes the Rousing, Story of Real People Called "The Sundowners"!

Adventure

In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.

VIBE

A sweeping, sun-drenched epic of family life on the Australian frontier. It captures the rugged beauty of the outback and the quiet yearning for belonging amidst a nomadic existence. A contemplative, character-driven drama about the pull between freedom and roots.

ruggednostalgicfamilialausterewistfulsteadyclassic Hollywood westernoutback dramaperiod piecefamilytraditionhomefreedom
sheepbased on novel or bookfamilyaustralian outback1920ssheep shearing