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Status
Released
Release
1943
Runtime
1h 43m
"THRILLS! FUN! ACTION!"
An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.
21 Cast Members
Charles Laughton
Jocko Wilson
Binnie Barnes
Aggie Dawlins
Richard Carlson
Nipper Wilson
Donna Reed
Mary Wilson
Christopher Severn
Nipper Wilson (child)
Clyde Cook
Ginger Gaffney
Stephen McNally
Dusty Rhodes
Arthur Shields
Father Polycarp
Evelyn Falke
Mary, as a child
Hobart Cavanaugh
Boots
André Charlot
Father Antoine
Peter Lawford
Mr. Jones
Luis Alberni
Dino Piza
Eily Malyon
Sarah
Ian Wolfe
Soldier
Freddie Steele
Terry McGroth - Boxer (uncredited)
Philip Ahn
English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
Richard Ainley
Military Doctor (uncredited)
Dino Piza (uncredited)
Eric Alden
Newsman (uncredited)