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100,000 Cobbers is a film directed by Ken G. Hall with Ron Randell
100,000 Cobbers (1942)
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Directed by Ken G. Hall
100,000 Cobbers is a 1942 dramatised documentary made by director Ken G. Hall for the Australian Department of Information during World War II to boost recruitment into the armed forces. Grant Taylor, Joe Valli and Shirley Ann Richards play fictitious characters.
Synopsis
Five men enlist in the AIF – laid back Bill; World War I veteran Scotty, who pretends to be 37 years old; an "old school tie" businessman Peter, who is running his dead father's business, and whose secretary Miss Lane leaves for overseas service as a VAD; the rebellious "Bluey" William Baker; and Jim, who leaves behind his new wife, Jean.Actors
Ron Randell
Ann Richards
((as Shirley Ann Richards))
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