Bitter Springs (1950)

Directed by

Ralph Smart

Genre

drama film, Western film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1900, an Australian pioneer family leases land in the outback. They hire two inexperienced British drovers. But conflict erupts with local Aboriginal people over control of a waterhole.

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What happens

Bitter Springs is a 1950 Australian–British film directed by Ralph Smart and starring Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, and Gordon Jackson. An Australian pioneer family leases a piece of land from the government in the Australian outback in 1900 and hires two inexperienced British men as drovers. Problems with local Aboriginal people arise over the possession of a waterhole. Over 100 Aboriginal people were hired as extras for the film, who adlibbed much of their dialogue in their own language, which was not translated. A translated version has been created for distribution in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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