Robert preston and robert sterling play two brothers who find. This is a marvelous, little circa 1950 western filmed all along the beautiful palo duros canyon of texas. Dramatic story of the influential hunnicutt family set in texas during the late 1950s. Find similar and related movies for the sundowners 1950 george templeton on allmovie. 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. Hostilities escalate with the arrival of a gunman, who. She also appeared in several 1950s scis scifi features, including the amazing colossal man 1957 and missile to the moon 1958. Directed by 1 writing credits 2 cast produced by 2 music by 2. Since sterling rather than preston has the mustache this time, sterlings the bad guy. Superbly written and deeply moving, the sundowners showcases one of. Full length western movie, bob steele, joan woodbury. Apr 16, 2016 the sundowners 1950 full length classic western movie. 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. Two brothers find themselves on opposite sides of the legal fence, and one of the brothers sons is caught in the crossfire.
The sundowners 1950 changes the movie database tmdb. Cathy downs played the title role in john fords my darling clementine 1946. Titles and typography from all feature films starring robert mitchum, from pursued 1947 to dead man 1995 the movie title stills collection. Paddy carmody mitchum is a drover in 1920s australia. The film stars deborah kerr, robert mitchum, and peter ustinov, with a supporting cast including glynis johns. The sundowners 1950 robert preston, robert sterling. Just log on to your verizon account and watch the latest shows online. Tom cloud robert sterling and his kid brother jeff john drew barrymore, billed as john barrymore jr. The sundowners 1950 full length western movie, robert preston.
The image measures 300 456 pixels and is 64 kilobytes large. This is a decent western that has a couple of fine performances by robert preston,who makes a great badguy, as kid wichita and cathy downs,veteran of numerous westerns,filmnoirs and comedies,as kathleen boyce. Watch fulllength feature films, classic shorts, world culture documentaries, world war ii propaganda, movie trailers, and films created in just ten hours. 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. The sundowners is a 1960 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. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the sundowners near you. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. May 10, 2016 the sundowners 1950 watch classic western movie, robert preston. Robert preston and robert sterling play two brothers who. Weve got it all from classic western feature films to old westerns like you used to watch with your dad. Gallery of 7 movie poster and cover images for the sundowners 1950. Watch the sundowners 1950 full movie free online streaming. The sundowners 1950 the sundowners is a moderately interesting western about brothers on opposite sides of the law who unite temporarily to save the family cattle ranch from rustlers. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at.
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. The sundowners 1950 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. George templeton brother is pitted against brother in this tale of feuding ranchers in the old west. A story of a rangewar in the texas panhandle in which the bad brother villain fights for what is right. Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west. Earl boyce jack elam saw who killed the man, but hes too frightened to tell. 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 1960 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
This great film will surely attract a whole new generation of classic movie fans. There is not nearly enough in the film that has to be there, and far too much that is there merely to hold the. Watch the full length movie of the sundowners online or on the fios mobile app. 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. The sundowners is a film directed by george templeton with robert preston, robert sterling, chill wills, john litel, year.
Start streaming a complimentary selection of shows and movies while you wait for your xfinity tv service to be installed. 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. The sundowners is a 1960 film directed by fred zinnemann, starring deborah kerr and robert mitchum. The script is terrific and the characters well crafted. Sundowner, the b2000 model of the mazda bseries pickup truck sundowner, an australian railway carriage converted into the silver star cafe in port hedland, western australia a moniker for three distinct united states navy fighter squadrons, all officially designated as vf111.
Watch the latest the sundowners trailer on video detective. Overview of the sundowners, 1950, directed by george templeton, with robert preston, robert sterling, chill wills, at turner classic movies. The sundowners 1950 robert preston by george templeton. 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. 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. The sundowners 1950 texans tom robert sterling and jeff cloud john barrymore jr. The sundowners 1950 full length classic western movie. The sundowners is a 1950 american technicolor western film directed by george templeton. The sundowners carries leisureliness to a point where it becomes selfdefeating. Sundowners is a january films production in association with carousel pictures, daylight on mars pictures and burning blue. Sundowners, according to the australian rather than the british meaning of the word, are vagrants. Actor robert prestons performance should have received an oscar nomination. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest classic films of all time.
The sundowners 1950 robert preston, robert sterling, chill wills feature action, adventure, history. Many of these videos are available for free download. Robert preston robert sterling chill wills 1950 texas brothers robert preston, robert sterling feud over land and cattle. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The movie begins with the carmodys, paddy and ida and their teenage son sean, arriving at a new port of call. Movie info paddy carmody robert mitchum is an irishaustralian who promises wife ida deborah kerr he will quit his free wheeling ways and settle down. The sundowners cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Robert preston and robert sterling play two brothers who find themselves on opposite sides of the legal fence.
The film stars deborah kerr, robert mitchum, and peter ustinov, with a supporting cast including glynis johns, dina merrill, michael anderson jr. Filmed in a twotone process called cinecolor, the sundowners is a compact little western making good use of an old hollywood chestnut. There would be one minor uk childrens film in 1961 bungala boys, and then a gap until michael powell arrived to make theyre a. It was adapted from a 1952 novel of the same name by australian writer jon cleary. The print of the sundowners is especially poor, with washed out color, deep emulsion scratches and missing frames too bad, its a pretty good movie with a great performance by robert preston as the villianantihero. The sundowners 1950 george templeton related allmovie. These options are all featured in this diverse library. Robert preston, robert sterling and chill wills director. The technicolor and the great editing are a plus,and theres also a welldone shootout in a canyon. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. The film is distributed in the united states and u. 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. Earl boyce jack elam saw who killed the man, but hes too.
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