The sundowners movie 1950

The sundowners 1950 robert preston, robert sterling, chill. With robert preston, robert sterling, chill wills, cathy downs. Formed in lake george, ny in 1959, the original lineup of the sundowners consisted of eddie brick on lead vocals, dominick demieri on. The film reached the top ten at the uk box office and was the third highest grossing film of 1961 in australia. Sundowners, of course, is a kind of highconcept buddy comedy that hollywood still makes. John drew barrymore and robert preston in the sundowners 1950 robert. He takes a job as a shearer on a sheep farm to save. The film was subsequently released on itunes canada in september. The sundowners 1950 posted by mark franklin on aug 18, 2017 robert sterling is tom cloud, a man who has staked out a spread 15miles wide in the middle of cattle country, and that doesnt make him popular with three nearby ranchers who want his land to expand their herds. Paddy carmody robert mitchum is an irishaustralian who promises wife ida deborah kerr he will quit his free wheeling ways and settle down. Alan le may as alan lemay, alan le may story thunder in the dust as alan lemay stars. This great film will surely attract a whole new generation of classic movie fans.

Dec 28, 2017 the sundowners 1950 robert preston, robert sterling, chill wills feature action, adventure, history. The film is also known as thunder in the dust in the united. The sundowners 1950 robert preston, robert sterling. Since sterling rather than preston has the mustache this time, sterlings the bad guy.

Brother is pitted against brother in a texas panhandle range war, where cattle rustling and even murder can be justified by righteous anger. A rash of cattle rustling leads to a range war, centered on the disputed grazing rights to a fertile canyon. The sundowners 1950 is a classic movie directed by george templeton, and starring robert preston. There would be one minor uk childrens film in 1961 bungala boys, and then a gap until michael powell arrived to make theyre a weird mob in 1966. The sundowners, directed by fred zinnemann, is a good film to take the kiddies to and i mean this as a compliment. Earl boyce jack elam saw who killed the man, but hes too. Aug 18, 2017 the sundowners 1950 posted by mark franklin on aug 18, 2017 robert sterling is tom cloud, a man who has staked out a spread 15miles wide in the middle of cattle country, and that doesnt make him popular with three nearby ranchers who want his land to expand their herds. Gallery of 7 movie poster and cover images for the sundowners 1950. Tom cloud, kathleen boyce,and,old beardsam beard in the movie.

John wayne, randolph scott, bob steele, ken maynard, roy rogers. The sundowners 1950 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The sundowners 1950 full length classic western movie. Earl boyce jack elam saw who killed the man, but hes too frightened to tell.

The sundowners 1950 robert preston part 22 video dailymotion. The sundowners, marketed as a newer version of from here to eternity, was a financial failure in the united states. Robert preston and robert sterling play two brothers who. While poprockers the sundowners never scored a hit during their career in the mid60s, for such a littleknown band they managed to cast a long shadow, touring with some of the biggest acts of the day and appearing on television and in major motion pictures. By eberts rule of thumb, i am of course saying the movie is bad. A story of a rangewar in the texas panhandle in which the bad brother villain fights for what is right. In australias outback during the early twentieth century, the impoverished carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon, but the mom and son want to. The sundowners 1950 passed 1h 23min action, adventure, history 2 february 1950 usa brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west. Cathy downs, chill wills, john litel, john barrymore, robert preston, robert sterling show embed code. This movie had robert preston, cathy downs in the lead roles of the film. In australias outback during the early twentieth century, the impoverished carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon, but the mom and son want to settle, while the dad is against it. Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west.

Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the sundowners near you. The sundowners 1950 texans tom robert sterling and jeff cloud john barrymore jr. This 1950 version should not be confused with the 1960 warners film of the same name, which is set on an australian sheep ranch. This is a marvelous movie, and brought back a lot of good memories of my experiences with australians. There isnt much film history online regrading this production, although it appears to have been shot on a multicolor, multifilm strip process. There is a 1960 robert mitchum film titled the sundowners another terrific film, so dont be confused. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. That famous quote from roger ebert helps me explain why the canadian indie comedy sundowners, though it runs only 97 minutes, felt to me like it lasted 14 hours. The sundowners 1950 cast and crew texans tom robert sterling and jeff cloud john barrymore jr. The image measures 300 456 pixels and is 64 kilobytes large. Overview of the sundowners, 1950, directed by george templeton, with robert preston, robert sterling, chill wills, at turner classic movies. Filming weddings is a thankless job, so when alex and justin get the chance to shoot a destination wedding in mexico, they take the opportunity to escape their. Watch the sundowners 1950 full movie free online streaming. The sundowners, american western film directed by george templeton the sundowners 1960 film, an adventure drama film and adaptation of the cleary novel the sundowner 2010 film, an american documentary short.

If it starred owen wilson or seth rogen, you could count on a certain quantity of actual laughs, which would result less from an ample budget than from morethancompetent writing, acting and directing. The sundowners 1950 robert preston, robert sterling, chill wills feature action, adventure, history. Nomination for best performance by an actress deborah kerr. Superbly written and deeply moving, the sundowners showcases one of. This is a marvelous, little circa 1950 western filmed all along the beautiful palo duros canyon of texas. A good movie is never too long, and a bad movie can never be too short. Mitchum and deborah kerr bring a beautiful sense of mature romance to their relationship, and zinnemann catches the beauty of the country. In february, the sundowners guest starred as the raspberry wristwatch on a very warm reception, an episode of the espionage drama it takes a thief, while in september they appeared as sonny and the sundowners with paul petersen playing their lead singer on the song of bertrille episode of the comedy the flying nun. Watch the sundowners movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.

Another long film, fred zinnemanns the sundowners 1960, is a gentle and wise account of a nomadic family of sheepherders in australia. Robert preston and robert sterling play two brothers who find themselves on opposite sides of the legal fence. Titles and typography from all feature films starring robert mitchum, from pursued 1947 to dead man 1995 the movie title stills collection a collection of screen shots and captured images of movie title stills from feature films and trailers. Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of feuding ranchers in the old west. The sundowners is an english movie directed by george templeton released in the year 1950. The sundowners 1950 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The sundowners 1950 full length classic western movie two brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a range war in this classic.

This story of the texas panhandle stars such familiar faces as robert preston, chill wills, and jack elam, and was a rare film for its time in that it. The sundowners was the last of the big 1950s us and uk productions to invade australia, and trade off on the australianness of the production. In the australian outback, the carmody familypaddy, ida and their teenage son seanare sheep drovers, always on the move. The film stars deborah kerr, robert mitchum, and peter ustinov. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest classic films of all time. Sleepers west lloyd nolan, lynn bari, mary beth hughes. Read the the sundowners movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. The sundowners 1950 george templeton releases allmovie. The sundowners cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. With deborah kerr, robert mitchum, peter ustinov, glynis johns. It is the lighthouse rock in the palo duro canyon state park, in the texas panhandle. Hostilities escalate with the arrival of a gunman, who. Filmed in a twotone process called cinecolor, the sundowners is a compact little western making good use of an old hollywood chestnut. The sundowners is a 1960 technicolor film that tells the story of an australian outback family torn between the fathers desires to continue his nomadic sheepherding ways and the wifes and sons desire to settle down in one place.

The sundowners was a favourite movie of mine at the time of its initial release in 1960,and watching it again recently it still came across as a an engaging and pleasant little movie but one that perhaps has lost something of its impact with the passing years,ones in which australian movies and actors have come to the fore internationally. An old, obscure western that pulsates with authenticity in more ways than one released in 1950 and directed by george templeton, the sundowners is a western taking place in the texas panhandle where honest rancher tom cloud robert sterling and his teenage brother john drew barrymore are having a difficult time with dubious sheriff elmer gall don haggerty and some rustlers. Sundowners was released in canada at the tiff bell lightbox in toronto on august 25, 2017. Two brothers find themselves on opposite sides of the legal fence, and one of the brothers. The sundowners is a film directed by george templeton with robert preston, robert sterling, chill wills, john litel, year. The book is about ranching and revolution in mexico, the movie is about 3 brothers in texas. While theres no doubting that the sundowners is product of the 1950swith those stylized tackshop cowboy hats, pegged jean pants, and dry. The sundowners 1950 directed by george templeton genres western. The sundowners 1960 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The film is also known as thunder in the dust in the united kingdom. May 10, 2016 the sundowners 1950 passed 1h 23min action, adventure, history 2 february 1950 usa brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west. Released in 1950 and directed by george templeton, the sundowners is a western taking place in the texas panhandle where honest rancher tom cloud robert sterling and his teenage brother john drew barrymore are having a difficult time with dubious sheriff elmer gall don haggerty and some rustlers. Filming weddings is a thankless job, so when alex and justin get the chance to shoot a destination wedding in mexico, they take the opportunity to.