A Yank in Australia (1942)

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Country: Australia
Genres: Comedy
Release: 1942-11-11
Director: Alfred J. Goulding
Writers: Alfred J. Goulding
Language: N/A
Stars: Al Thomas , Hartney J. Arthur , Kitty Bluett , Jane Conolly , Graham Wicker , Alfred J. Goulding , Joy Nichols , Frank Bradley , Marie La Varre
Runtime: 65 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: A Yank in Australia (United States of America) , A Yank in Australia , A Yank in Australia (Australia)
Plot: I'm not surprised to see that this film has yet to get 5 votes-- What an oddity this is!The story in short: Two teams of American newspaper reporters (one team: male, the other: female) set out on a Pacific ocean liner when the Japanese suddenly bomb Pearl Harbor. The ocean liner is torpedoed, and through a string of immprobable events, both teams wind up in the Australian Outback!Despite the stock footage of Australian aboriginal tribes, there seems to be plenty of room in this under-an-hour quickie for wartime plotting and a stream of off-color puns that are occasionally quite hilarious.Despite the American actors, you can tell this was made in another country, (Australia) if only because some of the one-liners and puns would NEVER have made it past American censors.Although it drags in spots, this low-budget shortie is not a bad little flick.
IMDB:tt0337500