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A Yank in Australia is a film of genre Drama directed by Alfred J. Goulding with Hartney Arthur

A Yank in Australia (1942)

A Yank in Australia
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Length 1h5
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating59% 2.98412.98412.98412.98412.9841

A Yank in Australia is a 1942 Australian comedy directed by Alfred J. Goulding, an Australian born filmmaker who had worked in Hollywood.

Synopsis

Two journalists in New York, American Headlines Haggerty (Al Thomas) and Englishman Clarence Worthington (Hartney Arthur) are sent to cover the war in the South Pacific. They get marooned on the Australian coast along with two rival female reporters after a Japanese sub sinks their boat. They are rescued by a girl who lives on the island with her father, Horace. Together they all uncover and stop a plot by the Japanese to invade Australia.

Actors

Hartney Arthur

(Clarence Worthington)Alfred J. Goulding

(Japanese Spy)Joy Nichols
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