They're a Weird Mob (1966)
- Starring:
- Walter Chiari, Clare Dunne, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michael Powell
Synopsis of They're a Weird Mob
Based on a popular Australian novel, this comedy was produced Down Under in 1966. Nino Culotta Walter Chiari is an Italian journalist who is lured by his brother into coming to Australia to work for his paper there. But when Nino arrives in Sidney, he finds out that there is no paper; his brother has taken off with the investors' cash. Left in the lurch was his brother's business partner, Kay Kelly (Clare Dunne). Nino vows to pay off his brother's debt and gets a job as a bricklayer to do so. He also tries to woo Kay, but finds her difficult to win over. Meanwhile, he encounters a series of racist reactions from Aussies, at the thought of an Italian assimilating into Australian culture - one of the film's core themes. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
Complete Cast of They're a Weird Mob
- Walter Chiari - Nino Culotta
- Chips Rafferty - Harry Kelly
- Ed Devereaux - Joe
- John Meillon - Dennis
- Anne Haddy - Barmaid
- Red Moore - Texture Man
- Judith Arthy - Dixie
- Gloria Dawn - Mrs. Chapman
- Graham Kennedy
- Jeanie Drynan - Betty
- Clare Dunne - Kay Kelly
- Alida Chelli - Guiliana
- Slim de Grey - Pat
- Charles Little - Jimmy
- Jack Allen - Fat Man in Bar
- Ray Hartley - Newsboy
- Muriel Steinbeck - Mrs. Kelly
- Alan Landers - Charlie
- Cotton Warburton - Edie
- Tony Bonner - Lifesaver
- Director(s):
- Michael Powell
- Writer(s):
- Richard Imrie, Emeric Pressburger
- Producer(s):
- Michael Powell
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