The Man from Down Under

7.0 1943 103 min
Action Comedy Drama War

An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.

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Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Writers
Tom Seller, Wells Root

Cast

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Charles Laughton Jocko Wilson
Binnie Barnes Aggie Dawlins
Richard Carlson Nipper Wilson
Donna Reed Mary Wilson
Christopher Severn Nipper Wilson (child)
Clyde Cook Ginger Gaffney
Stephen McNally Dusty Rhodes
Arthur Shields Father Polycarp
Evelyn Falke Mary, as a child
Hobart Cavanaugh Boots
André Charlot Father Antoine
Peter Lawford Mr. Jones
Luis Alberni Dino Piza
Eily Malyon Sarah
Ian Wolfe Soldier
Freddie Steele Terry McGroth - Boxer (uncredited)
Philip Ahn English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
Richard Ainley Military Doctor (uncredited)

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