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Summary
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.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 62GoodWatch 61
IMDb6.4
Letterboxd · 1 K ratings3.2/5
Audience score57%
Box office
4.0×its budget
- Budget
- $600 K
- Worldwide
- $2 M
Worldwide it earned $2 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 48 min
A typical length for comedies, +8 min on the typical 100
typical 100108Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1966
August 18, 1966
60 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Australia
and 6 moreDirecting · 1
- Michael Powell Director, Producer
Writing · 2
- Emeric Pressburger Writer
- John O'Grady Novel
Camera · 1
- Arthur Grant Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Gerald Turney-Smith Editor
Art · 1
- Dennis Gentle Art Direction
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