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The Man from Kangaroo (1920)

The Man from Kangaroo poster
Directed by
Wilfred Lucas
Genre
silent film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A famous Australian athlete stars in a silent film where he plays a character who gets into various adventures. The movie is a straightforward action story from the early days of cinema.

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What happens

The Man from Kangaroo is a 1920 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It was the first of several films he made with the husband and wife team of director Wilfred Lucas and writer Bess Meredyth, both of whom had been imported from Hollywood by E. J. Carroll. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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