The Overlanders
1974, English. Directed by Don Eccleston.
The year is 1862. The settings. The Canadian northwest. The lure is gold. Nine men, two women (one of them pregnant), and a young boy begin the odyssey which is to change all their lives. Through jungle-like forests, they look for a trail abandoned 10 years before by explorers and fur-traders. It runs out in a beautiful mountain trap, a box canyon with a waterfall. Left leaderless when death strikes, the vulnerable band must find another route. They decide to descend the mighty Fraser river by raft. Those who survive the great Grand Canyon rapids must continue on foot.
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Don EcclestonDirector
- Peter HaworthCaptain Pritchard
- Michael CollinsJames MacLeod
- Marek NormanDavid
- Hélène LasnierMaggie McKinnon
- Don FrancksThe Hand Me Down Kid
- William NunnBig Fred Berkowski
- Bob BarkerThe Piper
- Joseph GollandLotbiniere
- Franklin JohnsonBegbie
- Claude MaherJean-Marie Rochette
- Helen ShaverMrs. O'Mara
- Dale WilsonFergus
Details
- Released
- 25 March 1974
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- Len Peterson
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The Overlanders runs 76 minutes (1h 16m).
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The Overlanders isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 March 1974. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Overlanders?
The Overlanders (1974) was directed by Don Eccleston and stars Peter Haworth, Michael Collins, Marek Norman.