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 |
| Crew | Ray Austin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Lex Halliday | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | David Hildyard | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Frants Folmer | Set Dresser |
| Art | Terence Morgan | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Keith Batten | Sound Assistant |
| Directing | Elaine Schreyeck | Continuity |
| Sound | Tommy Reilly | Musician |
| Lighting | Fred Windon | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Ted Hallows | Electrician |
| Sound | Ivor Mairants | Musician |
| Art | George Richardson | Draughtsman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Bridge | Costume Consultant |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Conductor |
| Camera | George Higgins | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Walter Thompson | Other |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Schneiderman | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Dave Coldham | Other |
| Production | Ron Whelan | Location Manager |
| Sound | Stanley Black | Music Supervisor |
| Camera | Gerry Fisher | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Skeets Kelly | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Nicolas Roeg | Camera Operator |
| Production | Gerry Blattner | Producer |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gloria Payten | Casting |
| Art | Michael Stringer | Art Direction |
| Directing | Roy Stevens | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Peter Bolton | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bond | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Robert Lennard | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Frost | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Jack Harris | Editor |
| Production | John Palmer | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Haffenden | Costume Design |