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The Sundowners

The Sundowners (8-Dec-1960)

Writer: Isobel Lennart

From novel: The Sundowners by Jon Cleary

Music Composed and Conducted by: Dimitri Tiomkin

Producer: Gerry Blattner

Keywords: Action/Adventure, Australia

An itinerant Australian family in 1920s Australia drifts from place to place, droving sheep and always on the precipice of subsistence; wife Ida and 16-year-old son Sean want to settle down to ranch but husband Paddy will have none of it. Received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, and Best Adaptation.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Glynis Johns	Actor	5-Oct-1923		Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins
Mervyn Johns	Actor	18-Feb-1899	6-Sep-1992	Dead of Night
Deborah Kerr	Actor	30-Sep-1921	16-Oct-2007	From Here to Eternity
Dina Merrill	Actor	9-Dec-1925	22-May-2017	EF Hutton heiress and actress
Robert Mitchum	Actor	6-Aug-1917	1-Jul-1997	Cape Fear
Chips Rafferty	Actor	26-Mar-1909	27-May-1971	Wake in Fright
Peter Ustinov	Actor	16-Apr-1921	28-Mar-2004	British stage actor

CAST

Deborah Kerr	... Ida Carmody
Robert Mitchum	... Paddy Carmody
Peter Ustinov	... Rupert Venneker

Co-Starring
Glynis Johns	... Mrs. Firth
Dina Merrill	... Jean Halstead

with
Chips Rafferty	... Quinlan
Michael Anderson, Jr.	... Sean Carmody
Lola Brooks	... Liz Brown
Wylie Watson	... Herb Johnson

John Meillon	... Bluey Brown
Ronald Fraser	... Ocker
Gerry Duggan	... Supporting Cast
Leonard Teale	... Supporting Cast
Peter Carver	... Supporting Cast

Dick Bentley	... Shearer
Mervyn Johns	... Jack Patchogue
Molly Urquhart	... Mrs. Bateman
Ewen Solon	... Halstead
Max Osbiston	... Supporting Cast
Mercia Barden	... Supporting Cast

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