List of Australian films of the 1940s
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This is a list of Australian films of the 1940s. For a complete alphabetical list, see Category:Australian films.
1940s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1940 | ||||||
Ants in His Pants | William Freshman | Will Mahoney, Ann Richards | Comedy/Musical | |||
Dad Rudd, M.P. | Ken G. Hall | Bert Bailey, Connie Martyn | Comedy | |||
Forty Thousand Horsemen | Charles Chauvel | Harvey Adams, Betty Bryant | War | |||
Water Ballet: Sydney | ? | Annette Kellerman | Short | |||
Wings of Destiny | Rupert Kathner | Marshall Crosby, John Fernside | Action drama | |||
1941 | ||||||
Advance to Libya | Frank Hurley | Documentary | ||||
The Power and the Glory | Noel Monkman | Katrin Rosselle, Peter Finch | Drama / Thriller | Based on book of same title | ||
Racing Luck | Rupert Kathner | Joe Valli, George Lloyd | Adventure comedy | |||
That Certain Something | Clarence G. Badger | Megan Edwards, Thelma Grigg | Drama | |||
Water Ballet | ? | Annette Kellerman | Short | |||
1942 | ||||||
100,000 Cobbers | Ken G. Hall | Ron Randell, Ann Richards | Drama / Short | |||
Jewel of the Pacific | Frank Hurley | ? | Short documentary | |||
Kokoda Front Line! | Damien Parer (camera) | Peter Bathurst, Damien Parer | War documentary | 18 September First Australian film to win an Oscar (for Best Documentary Feature) | ||
Men of Timor | ? | Short documentary | ||||
Moresby Under the Blitz | Ken G. Hall | ? | War documentary | |||
Soldiers Without Uniforms | Charles Chauvel | ? | Short documentary | |||
A Yank in Australia | Alfred J. Goulding | Al Thomas, Kitty Bluett | Comedy | |||
1943 | ||||||
Assault on Salamaua | ? | Documentary | ||||
The Bismarck Convoy Smashed | Peter Bathurst (voice) | War documentary | ||||
1944 | ||||||
The Rats of Tobruk | Charles Chauvel | Grant Taylor, Peter Finch, Chips Rafferty | War / Drama | |||
Red Sky at Morning | Hartney J. Arthur | John Alden, Dorothea Dunstan, Peter Finch | Drama | |||
1945 | ||||||
Harvest Gold | Mervyn Murphy | Joe Valli, Harry Abdy | Drama | |||
Mid East | Frank Hurley | Documentary | ||||
1946 | ||||||
A Son Is Born | Eric Porter | Muriel Steinbeck, Ron Randell, Peter Finch | Drama | |||
Indonesia Calling | Joris Ivens | Peter Finch | Short documentary | |||
The Overlanders | Harry Watt | Chips Rafferty, Daphne Campbell | Adventure | |||
Smithy | Ken G. Hall | Ron Randell | Biopic | |||
Walkabout | Charles Mountford | Short/Documentary | ||||
1947 | ||||||
Bush Christmas | Ralph Smart | Chips Rafferty, Thelma Grigg | Adventure | |||
School in the Mailbox | Stanley Hawes | Short documentary | Nominated for Oscar | |||
1948 | ||||||
Always Another Dawn | T. O. McCreadie | Guy Doleman, Queenie Ashton | War drama | |||
1949 | ||||||
The Inlanders | John Kingsford-Smith | David Low | Documentary | |||
Into the Straight | T. O. McCreadie | Margo Lee | Drama | |||
Sons of Matthew | Charles Chauvel | Michael Pate, John Ewart | Adventure / Drama | |||
Eureka Stockade | Harry Watt | Chips Rafferty, Peter Illing | Historical Drama | |||
Strong Is the Seed | Arthur Greville Collins | Queenie Ashton, Guy Doleman | Drama |
See also
- 1940 in Australia
- 1941 in Australia
- 1942 in Australia
- 1943 in Australia
- 1944 in Australia
- 1945 in Australia
- 1946 in Australia
- 1947 in Australia
- 1948 in Australia
- 1949 in Australia
External links
- Australian film at the Internet Movie Database