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Lovers and Luggers (1937)

Lovers and Luggers poster
Directed by
Ken G. Hall
Genre
adventure film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A pianist travels to Thursday Island to get back a valuable pearl. He gets caught up in local adventures and romance.

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What happens

Lovers and Luggers is a 1937 Australian film directed by Ken G. Hall. It is an adventure melodrama about a pianist (Lloyd Hughes) who goes to Thursday Island to retrieve a valuable pearl. It has been called one of Hall's best films. It was retitled Vengeance of the Deep in the US and United Kingdom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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