The Sundowners (1960)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Marriage Drama |
Release Date - Dec 8, 1960 (USA - Unknown), Dec 8, 1960 (USA) |
Run Time - 133 min. |
Countries - Australia, United Kingdom, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka
Director Fred Zinnemann was riding a crest in the '50s with movies like High Noon, From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma, and his success continues in this western-style drama set in Australia in the 1920s. Ida Carmody (Deborah Kerr) is married to Paddy (Robert Mitchum), a sheep drover whose nomadic existence makes him blissfully content. Neither Ida nor their son Sean share his love for roaming, in fact, Ida convinces her husband to take on a job as a sheep-shearer so they can finally have enough to get a mortgage on a farm. At first Paddy agrees but obviously does not know his own mind because in no time at all, he rebels -- though that is not the end of it. Peter Ustinov is also featured as Vanneker, a bachelor who comes to stay with the family, and Glynis Johns plays a hotelkeeper out to change Vanneker's non-marital status.
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Keywords
chance, ambition, deception, family, farming, finances, gambling, horse, love, racer, shepherd, traveling
Attributes
High Artistic Quality, High Budget, High Production Values