The Sundowners (1960)

Synopsis of The Sundowners

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. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

133 mins

Director(s):

Fred Zinnemann

Writer(s):

Isobel Lennart

Producer(s):

Fred Zinnemann, Gerry Blattner

• 1960 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Special Achievement
• 1960 - National Board of Review - Best Actor
• 1960 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actress

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