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They're a Weird Mob is a 1966 Australian comedy film based on the 1957 novel of the same name by John O'Grady under the pen name "Nino Culotta", the name of the main character of the book. It was the penultimate collaboration of the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger .
They're a Weird Mob: Directed by Michael Powell. With Walter Chiari, Claire Dunne, Chips Rafferty, Alida Chelli. An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder's labourer.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Romance
- Michael Powell
- 1966-10-13
He soon gets a job as a builder’s labourer, learns to talk and drink like an Australian, and falls in love with an Australian girl. Starring Walter Chiari, Chips Rafferty, John Meillon and Ed ...
- 1 min
- 4.2K
- Mosman Collective
Watch the classic Australian comedy film "They're a Weird Mob" (1966) for free on Archive.org, a digital library of millions of books, movies, music and more.
Oct 21, 2019 · A rare 1960s hit from the co-director of The Red Shoes, this warm tale of an Italian down under spawned a long line of film about foreigners making sense of Australian culture. Luke Buckmaster ...
- 3 min
- Luke Buckmaster
Jun 3, 2020 · Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant who freshly arrived in Australia with the promise of a job as a journalist. Things will not turn out as expected as he struggles to get used to his new country...
- 2 min
- 18K
- Umbrella Entertainment
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Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant who arrived in Australia with the promise of a job as a journalist on his cousin's magazine, only to find that when he gets there the magazine's folded, the cousins done a runner & the money his cousin sent for the fare was borrowed from the daughter of the boss of a local construction firm.
