Australiƫ, rond 1920. Ida Carmody is getrouwd met Paddy, een schaapsherder. Paddy houdt van het nomadenleven, maar Ida en haar zoon Sean hebben genoeg van het rondreizen en willen wel eens wat vastigheid, Ida dwingt Paddy een baan als schaapsscheerder te nemen, zodat ze een boerderij kunnen kopen. Paddy accepteert dit, tegen beter weten in. Het duurt dan ook niet lang voordat hij zich gaat verzetten.
Nee, helaas is The Sundowners nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Fred Zinnemann | Director |
| Writing | Isobel Lennart | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jon Cleary | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Schneiderman | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Ray Austin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Keith Batten | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | David Hildyard | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Lex Halliday | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Frants Folmer | Set Dresser |
| Art | Dave Coldham | Other |
| Art | Terence Morgan | Set Dresser |
| Art | George Richardson | Draughtsman |
| Camera | Gerry Fisher | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Fred Windon | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Ted Hallows | Electrician |
| Camera | George Higgins | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Skeets Kelly | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Production | Ron Whelan | Location Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Bridge | Costume Consultant |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Conductor |
| Crew | Walter Thompson | Other |
| Directing | Elaine Schreyeck | Continuity |
| Sound | Stanley Black | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Ivor Mairants | Musician |
| Sound | Tommy Reilly | Musician |
| Camera | Nicolas Roeg | Camera Operator |
| Production | Gerry Blattner | Producer |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jack Harris | Editor |
| Production | Robert Lennard | Casting |
| Production | Gloria Payten | Casting |
| Art | Michael Stringer | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Haffenden | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bond | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Frost | Makeup Artist |
| Production | John Palmer | Production Manager |
| Directing | Peter Bolton | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Roy Stevens | Assistant Director |