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They're a Weird Mob ()

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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.
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Nino Culotta
Claire Dunne ...
Kay Kelly
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Harry Kelly
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Giuliana
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Joe Kennedy
Slim DeGrey ...
Pat
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Dennis
Charles Little ...
Jimmy
Anne Haddy ...
Barmaid
Jack Allen ...
Fat Man in Bar
Red Moore ...
Texture Man
Ray Hartley ...
Newsboy
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Lifesaver
Alan Lander ...
Charlie
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Drunk Man on Ferry
Muriel Steinbeck ...
Mrs. Kelly
Gloria Dawn ...
Mrs. Chapman
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Betty
Gita Rivera ...
Maria, Sister of Giuliana
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Dixie
Doreen Warburton ...
Edie
Noel Brophy ...
Irate Ferry Passenger
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Hotel Clerk
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Graham Kennedy
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Jeannie Diamond ...
Jeannie (uncredited)
Tom Farley ...
Building Site Foreman (uncredited)
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Telephonist in Hotel (uncredited)
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Ship passenger (uncredited)
Gordon Glenwright ...
Sid (uncredited)
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Young woman on ferry (uncredited)
Ken James ...
Bellboy at King's Cross hotel (uncredited)
Lehte Kruusmaa ...
Office Girl (uncredited)
Robert McDarra ...
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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Barbecue chef's friend (uncredited)
Don Philps ...
Policeman (uncredited)
Margaret Pippin ...
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Man At Racetrack (uncredited)
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Bit Part (uncredited)
Sue Walker ...
Telephonist in Hotel (uncredited)
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Bloke At End of the bar (uncredited)
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Girl on Beach (uncredited)

Directed by

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Michael Powell

Written by

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John O'Grady ... (novel) (as Nino Culotta)
 
Emeric Pressburger ... (screenplay) (as Richard Imrie)

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John Pellatt ... associate producer
Michael Powell ... producer

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Alan Boustead
Lawrence Leonard

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Arthur Grant ... director of photography

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Gerald Turney-Smith

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Jack Gardner ... first assistant editor (uncredited)
Kevin Powell ... post-production (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Dennis Gentle

Costume Design by

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Chris Jacovides

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Bruce Bennett ... unit manager
John O'Grady ... production supervisor
Emeric Pressburger ... production supervisor
Lee Robinson ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Claude Watson ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Alan Allen ... sound
Bill Creed ... sound
Ted Karnon ... sound
Don Saunders ... sound
Julian Ellingworth ... sound recordist (uncredited)

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Dennis Hill ... camera operator
Graham Lind ... camera operator
Keith Loone ... camera operator

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Lawrence Leonard ... conductor

Additional Crew

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John Konrads ... swimming coach (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

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. So Nino tries to get a job & finishes up ... laying bricks. Nino works hard & makes friends with lots of locals, Nino & Kay argue a lot, Nino & Kay fall in love ... Kay takes Nino to meet 'Daddy' but daddy hates journalists, immigrants and bricklayers (he's now BOSS of a construction firm). Nino starts to win him over with his charm & determination to marry Kay. Written by Steve Crook

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Taglines A Film About the Funniest, Whackiest People in the World! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Drôles de zèbres! (France)
  • La conquête du bout du monde (France)
  • ¡Qué gente más rara! (Spain)
  • Furcsa társaság (Hungary)
  • Eles vão dar o que falar (Brazil)
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Runtime
  • 112 min
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Budget AUD600,000 (estimated)

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Trivia "The House That Nino Built" was in Greenacre, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. Actors dug trenches, poured concrete, laid bricks, etc. The house was finished by George Wimpey & Co. Ltd. and then sold to raise funds for The Royal Life Saving Society. The stars footprints were set in concrete slabs in the pathway. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob (1966). See more »
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Quotes Pat: You look a bit la-di-da to me for this kind of game. Where do you come from?
Nino Culotta: Italy.
Pat: You don't look like an Eyetie to me. More like a Jerry.
Nino Culotta: What is a Jerry please?
Pat: A Hun. A German. Or something that goes under a bed. Eyeties are not much better.
Nino Culotta: Do you know Italians?
Pat: I do. I was a prisoner of war over there.
Nino Culotta: Oh. You were captured by our soldiers in North Africa? Because my father was captain in North Africa.
Pat: Captured by your mob? Don't give me the tom tits. You Eyeties couldn't catch a bloody grasshopper. No - Jerries got me mate coming out of Greece - sunk the destroyer I was on.
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