The Man From Down Under.

Duration: 10 reels

Genre: drama

Year Published: 1943

Creator: Robert Z. Leonard

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Charles Laughton, Donna Reed

Copyright: 3Aug43 L12219, renewed 10Aug70 R489651 Renewal claimant: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc Original author: Loew's

Description: Australian soldier Jocko Wilson (Charles Laughton) admires the spirit of a destitute Belgian orphan who fights a larger boy. He buys a tavern and trains the boy to fight, while Mary is sent off to a boarding school. Nipper knocks out the British Empire's boxing champion for the title. With his profits, Jockon buys an isolated hotel in Northern Australia, where Nipper recuperates. The hotel is attacked by Japanese bombers, killing all the Japanese airmen and rescuing Aggie and the children being sheltered there.

Complete Record: THE MAN FROM DOWN UNDER. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10 reels, sd., b&w. Based upon the story by Bogart Rogers and Mark Kelly. Credits: Producers, Robert Z. Leonard, Orville O. Dull; director, Robert Z. Leonard; screenplay, Wells Root, Thomas Seller; music score, David Snell; film editor, George White. © Loew's Inc.; 3Aug43; LP12219.

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