
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family, Paddy (Robert Mitchum), Ida (Deborah Kerr), and their teenage son Sean (Michael Anderson, Jr.), 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 race horse will all have a part in the final decision.... (Full plot summary below)
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In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family, Paddy (Robert Mitchum), Ida (Deborah Kerr), and their teenage son Sean (Michael Anderson, Jr.), 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 race horse will all have a part in the final decision.
Leave your thoughts about The Sundowners.
| USA TodayMike ClarkA remarkably effective and absorbing picture (if a little too long), with another sterling performance from Mitchum. |
| The New York TimesBosley CrowtherA sense of outdoor living and a tingle of open-air adventure are the breath of life in this film. |
| Orlando SentinelCrosby DayA beautifully photographed, sentimental film about a family of itinerant Australian sheepherders who travel from job to job during the 1920s. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumA touching Fred Zinnemann movie (1960) about an Australian sheepherding family. |
| The New YorkerPauline KaelZinnemann's customary care for detail pays occasional dividends, but the film goes on rather too long. |