The Man from Down Under (1943)
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In this drama set at the end of WW I, Sgt. Jocko Wilson leaves England to return to Australia. He brings with him, two Belgian orphans whom he will raise as his own. He later sends the girl to boarding school while his son becomes the Australian lightweight boxing champion (the Sgt. himself was a… More In this drama set at the end of WW I, Sgt. Jocko Wilson leaves England to return to Australia. He brings with him, two Belgian orphans whom he will raise as his own. He later sends the girl to boarding school while his son becomes the Australian lightweight boxing champion (the Sgt. himself was a former boxer). He uses his considerable prize money to buy an estate and then turns it into a hotel. Years pass and suddenly a singer whom Jocko loved and left in England reappears. Though she is quite wealthy, she is still angry at being jilted. she ends up winning the hotel in a card game. When WW II erupts, she and Jocko renew their love. Meanwhile the brother and sister discover that they are not related and are free to act on the mutual attraction they had been fighting for so long. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Z. Leonard
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 4, 1943 Wide
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Cast
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Charles Laughton
as Jocko Wilson
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Donna Reed
as Mary Wilson
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Binnie Barnes
as Aggie Dawlins
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Richard Carlson
as "Nipper" Wilson
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Christopher Severn
as "Nipper" as a child
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Clyde Cook
as Ginger Gainey
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Horace McNally
as "Dusty" Rhodes
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Arthur Shields
as Father Polycorp
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Hobart Cavanaugh
as "Boots"
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André Charlot
as Fr. Antoine
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Peter Lawford
as Bit Part
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Evelyn Falke
as Mary as a Child
