Bitter Springs (film)

Bitter Springs is an AustralianBritish film directed by Ralph Smart and released in 1950. An Australian pioneer family buys a piece of land from the government in the Australian outback in 1900 and hire two inexperienced British men as drovers. Problems with local Aboriginal people arise over the possession of a waterhole. Much of the film was shot on location in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia

Relations with the local Aboriginal people deteriorate to the point where John King is speared. The Kings are in danger of being killed by a raiding party but they are rescued by the trooper and his men. A compromise is reached where the Kings agree to work with the Aboriginal people running a sheep station.The film was the idea of Ralph Smart and roughly based on an apparent true story. This was the third movie Ealing Studios made in Australia following the success of The Overlanders 1946. It was originally announced as a comedy starring Rafferty and Trinder, and was meant to be followed by a version of Robbery Under Arms. ........

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