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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.
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
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. The book was the first published novel by O'Grady, with an initial print run of 6,000 hardback copies.
They're a Weird Mob (1966) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sep 13, 2021 · This classic Australian movie was a huge hit when it was released in the mid-1960s. It tells the story of an Italian sports journalist arriving Down Under, to find his cousin’s new magazine for...
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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.
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- Luke Buckmaster
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An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder's labourer. At first, he cannot comprehend the culture, but eventually he finds mateship and romance. Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant who arrived in Australia with the promise of a job as a journalist on his cousin's ...
