The Man from Down Under

August. 04,1943      
Rating:
6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

Charles Laughton as  Jocko Wilson
Binnie Barnes as  Aggie Dawlins
Richard Carlson as  Nipper Wilson
Donna Reed as  Mary Wilson
Clyde Cook as  Ginger Gaffney
Stephen McNally as  Dusty Rhodes
Arthur Shields as  Father Polycarp
Hobart Cavanaugh as  Boots
André Charlot as  Father Antoine
Peter Lawford as  Mr. Jones

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