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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
Media hype. Adaptations. 1958 radio adaptation. Cast. References. They're a Weird Mob. First edition (publ. Ure Smith) They're a Weird Mob is a popular 1957 Australian comic novel written by John O'Grady under the pseudonym "Nino Culotta", the name of the main character of the book.
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.
A comedy film about a group of Australian immigrants in London, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and other crew members on IMDb.
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Based on a novel, They're A Weird Mob deals with a similar predicament- an Italian immigrant who has moved to Sydney to work for his brother's newspaper.
- Comedy
Oct 21, 2019 · Luke Buckmaster. Thu 25 Sep 2014 22.10 EDT. Based on author John O’Grady’s best-selling novel of the same name, director Michael Powell’s 1966 classic They’re a Weird Mob follows Italian...
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