form y separately published work icon They're a Weird Mob single work   film/TV   humour  
Alternative title: Sono Strana Gente
Adaptation of They're a Weird Mob Nino Culotta , 1957 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1966... 1966 They're a Weird Mob
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Film Details - Williamson-Powell International , 1966

Producers:

Michael Powell (Producer)
John Pellatt (Associate Producer)

Production Companies:

Williamson-Powell (Australia/United Kingdon)

Director of Photography:

Arthur Grant

Editors:

Gerald Turney-Smith

Production Designers:

Dennis Gentre

Composer:

Alan Boustead
Lawrence Leonard

Cast:

Incl. Walter Chiari (Nino Culotta), Claire Dunne (Kay Kelly), Chips Rafferty (Harry Kelly), Alida Chelli (Giuliana), Ed Devereaux (Joe Kennedy), Slim DeGrey (Pat), John Meillon (Dennis), Charles Little (Jimmy), Anne Haddy (Barmaid), Jack Allen (Fat Man in Bar), Red Moore (Texture Man), Ray Hartley (Newsboy), Tony Bonner (Lifesaver), Alan Lander (Charlie), Keith Peterson (Drunk Man on Ferry), Muriel Steinbeck (Mrs. Kelly), Gloria Dawn (Mrs Chapman), Jeanie Drynan (Betty), Gita Rivera (Maria, Sister of Giuliana), Judith Arthy (Dixie), Doreen Warburton (Edie), Barry Creyton (Hotel Clerk), Graham Kennedy (Himself), Noel Brophy, Judi Farr, Peter Sumner, Sue Walker, Tom Farley, Robert McDarra, Margaret Pippin.

Release Dates:

1. 19 August 1966 (State Theatre, Sydney - premiere). Released commercially in Australia and the United Kingdon from 13 October 1966.
2. Re-released on videocassette in 1985 and on DVD format 2003 by Roadshow Entertainment.

Location:

  • Filmed largely on location in Sydney, the sites include Bondi Beach, Circular Quay, Clark Island, Manly Beach, Neutral Bay, and Hunter and Elizabeth Streets (CBD).

Notes:

1. Although produced on a budget of only $600,000, the film went on to gross more than $2 million at the box office.
2. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980, q.v.), p.309.

Subjects:
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
Settings:
  • 1950s
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