Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938)

Directed by

Ken G. Hall

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A rural family travels to the city to win a competition and deal with urban mishaps. The film follows their comic adventures as they adjust to a new environment.

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What happens

Dad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed and produced by Ken G. Hall and written by Bert Bailey and Frank Harvey. The third installment in the Dad and Dave film series, it is based on the 1899 short story collection On Our Selection by Steele Rudd and stars Bailey, Ann Richards, Fred MacDonald, Billy Rayes, including Peter Finch in his feature film acting debut. It is one of the best known Australian films of the 1930s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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