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Diggers in Blighty is a film of genre Comedy directed by Raymond Longford with Raymond Longford
Diggers in Blighty (1933)
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Add to a movie listDiggers in Blighty is a 1933 Australian film starring and directed by Pat Hanna. Hanna decided to direct this film himself after being unhappy with how F.W. Thring had handled Diggers (1931).
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While serving in the Australian Army in France in 1918, soldiers Chic and Joe steal some rum from the quartermaster's store. They later help British intelligence pass on some false battle plans to a German spy and are rewarded with ten days' leave in England. They go to a country house in Essex and have trouble with their uncouth manners but help some upper class friends have a romance.Actors
Raymond Longford
(Von Schieling)
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