The Man From Down Under

Director: Robert Z. Leonard Robert Z. Leonard

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/15/2018
UPC:	0888574680060
Original Release:	1943
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	60,288

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Charles Laughton	Jocko Wilson
Donna Reed	Mary Wilson
Richard Carlson	"Nipper" Wilson
Binnie Barnes	Aggie Dawlins
Christopher Severn	`Nipper' as a Child
Clyde Cook	Ginger Gaffney
Stephen McNally	`Dusty' Rhodes,"Dusty" Rhodes
Arthur Shields	Fr. Polycarp
Evelyn Falke	Mary as a Child
Hobart Cavanaugh	`Boots'
Andre Charlot	Fr. Antoine
Peter Lawford	Bit Part
David Snell	Composer

Technical Credits

Wells Root

Thomas Seller

Robert Z. Leonard	Director,Producer
Wells Root	Screenwriter
Thomas Seller	Screenwriter
Orville O. Dull	Producer
A. Arnold Gillespie	Special Effects