Australian Early Films - 1950's
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- DirectorRalph SmartStarsTommy TrinderChips RaffertyGordon JacksonTommy (Tommy Trinder) is called in to smooth things out after Wally King (Chips Rafferty) encroaches upon Aboriginal tribal ground.
- DirectorCharles ChauvelStarsMichael PateKen WayneTommy BurnsThe story of five brothers who homestead, with other settlers, on the virgin plateaus of the Australian bush country. In addition to being beset with the obstacles and difficulties with the land and nature, another complication arises when two of the brothers fall in love with the same woman.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsMaureen O'HaraPeter LawfordFinlay CurrieIn turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals for the affection of the rancher's beautiful daughter.
- DirectorCharles ChauvelStarsRosalie Kunoth-MonksRobert TudawaliBetty SuttorSet in Australia's outback, young Aboriginal girl Jedda finds herself torn between her indigenous roots and the prejudiced white society, unable to fully embrace either culture.
- DirectorAnthony KimminsStarsRalph RichardsonJohn McCallumChips RaffertySmiley is a cheeky boy in an Australian town. His drover father is often away, leaving his overworked mother exasperated. Smiley takes odd jobs to save for a bike but frequently gets into misadventures.
- DirectorJack LeeStarsVirginia McKennaPeter FinchKenji TakakiA newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.
- DirectorsLee RobinsonMarcello PaglieroStarsChips RaffertyFrançoise ChristopheReg LyeSteve MacAllister, an Australian official for The New Guinea Administration, gets orders to investigate an oil discovery by Ned 'Shark-eye' Kelly in the interior. He selects his native policeman, Sergeant Major Towalaka, to accompany him on his "walk into hell" and then finds that a French lady doctor, Louise Dumarcet, is to go with them part of the journey. They find the malaria-stricken Jeff Clayton in a deserted village and he joins the trek. They are captured by jungle natives but are released after Dr. Dumarcet cures the fever-stricken children of the chief.
- DirectorJack LeeStarsPeter FinchRonald LewisDavid McCallumTwo brothers join their father in Captain Starlight's bush ranger gang in 19th Century Australia.
- DirectorLeslie NormanStarsPeter FinchDana WilsonElizabeth SellarsAfter Jim Macauley finds his wife with another man, he takes their young daughter and they hit the road. With a young child as his responsibility, he finds he can't be quite the fancy-free wanderer that he had been.
- DirectorAnthony KimminsStarsSybil ThorndikeChips RaffertyKeith CalvertA sequel to the movie Smiley (1956). Young Smiley gets into more strife as he attempts to prove himself a responsible citizen by helping others, so that he can earn a new gun from Sergeant Flaxman.
- DirectorHarry WattStarsAldo RayHeather SearsNeil McCallumThree men attempt a prison break, but their plan derails when their boat falters near an island, where the caretaker recognizes the convict. A hostage situation erupts, leading to a tense standoff with authorities.
- DirectorLeslie NormanStarsErnest BorgnineAnne BaxterJohn MillsTwo Australian sugarcane cutters spend their annual five-month vacations in Sydney with their mistresses.