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Advertisement, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 August 1939, p.26
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Issue Details: First known date: 1939... 1939 Captain Fury
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Film Details - Hal Roach Studios , 1939

Producers:

Hal Roach.

Production Companies:

Hal Roach Studios.

Director of Photography:

Norbert Brodine.

Editors:

William H. Ziegler.

Music:

Marvin Hatley.

Cast:

Including Brian Aherne (Captain Fury), Victor McLaglen (Blackie), Paul Lukas (Francois Dupre), June Lang (Jeanette Dupre), John Carradine (Coughy), George Zucco (Arnold Trist), Douglass Dumbrille (Preston), Virginia Field (Mabel), Charles Middleton (Mergon), Lawrence Grossmith (Governor), Lumsden Hare (Mr Bailey), Mary Gordon (Mrs Bailey), John Warburton (Bob), Claud Allister (Suco), Will Stanton (Bertie), Edgar Norton (Governor's Aide), Margaret Roach (Tess Bailey), Billy Bevan (Duffy), and Edwin Brian (Danny Bailey).

Release Dates:

26 May 1939 (USA: premiere).

25 August 1939 (Sydney: earliest Australian showing).


Location:

  • Location shooting at Iverson Ranch, California; studio shooting in Hal Roach Studios, Hollywood.

Awards:

  • Academy Award, Best Art Direction (nominated), 1940.
Settings:
  • c
    Australia,
    c
  • 1850s
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