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- This is a list of Australian films of the 1940s. For a complete alphabetical list, see Category:Australian films.
1940s
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
1940 |
Ants in His Pants |
William Freshman |
Will Mahoney, Ann Richards |
Comedy/Musical |
IMDb |
Dad Rudd, M.P. |
Ken G. Hall |
Bert Bailey, Connie Martyn |
Comedy |
IMDb |
Forty Thousand Horsemen |
Charles Chauvel |
Harvey Adams, Betty Bryant |
War |
IMDb |
Water Ballet: Sydney |
? |
Annette Kellerman |
Short |
IMDb |
Wings of Destiny |
Rupert Kathner |
Marshall Crosby, John Fernside |
Action drama |
IMDb |
1941 |
Advance to Libya |
Frank Hurley |
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Documentary |
IMDb |
The Power and the Glory |
Noel Monkman |
Katrin Rosselle, Peter Finch |
Drama / Thriller |
Based on book of same title IMDb |
Racing Luck |
Rupert Kathner |
Joe Valli, George Lloyd |
Adventure comedy |
IMDb |
That Certain Something |
Clarence G. Badger |
Megan Edwards, Thelma Grigg |
Drama |
IMDb |
Water Ballet |
? |
Annette Kellerman |
Short |
IMDb |
1942 |
100,000 Cobbers |
Ken G. Hall |
Ron Randell, Ann Richards |
Drama / Short |
IMDb |
Jewel of the Pacific |
Frank Hurley |
? |
Short documentary |
IMDb |
Kokoda Front Line! |
Damien Parer (camera) |
Peter Bathurst, Damien Parer |
War documentary |
18 September First Australian film to win an Oscar (for Best Documentary Feature) IMDb |
Men of Timor |
? |
|
Short documentary |
IMDb |
Moresby Under the Blitz |
Ken G. Hall |
? |
War documentary |
IMDb |
Soldiers Without Uniforms |
Charles Chauvel |
? |
Short documentary |
IMDb |
A Yank in Australia |
Alfred J. Goulding |
Al Thomas, Kitty Bluett |
Comedy |
IMDb |
1943 |
Assault on Salamaua |
? |
|
Documentary |
IMDb |
The Bismarck Convoy Smashed |
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Peter Bathurst (voice) |
War documentary |
IMDb |
1944 |
The Rats of Tobruk |
Charles Chauvel |
Grant Taylor, Peter Finch, Chips Rafferty |
War / Drama |
IMDb |
Red Sky at Morning |
Hartney J. Arthur |
John Alden, Dorothea Dunstan, Peter Finch |
Drama |
IMDb |
1945 |
Harvest Gold |
Mervyn Murphy |
Joe Valli, Harry Abdy |
Drama / Thriller |
IMDb |
Mid East |
Frank Hurley |
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Documentary |
IMDb |
1946 |
A Son Is Born |
Eric Porter |
Muriel Steinbeck, Ron Randell, Peter Finch |
Drama |
IMDb |
Indonesia Calling |
Joris Ivens |
Peter Finch |
Short documentary |
IMDb |
The Overlanders |
Harry Watt |
Chips Rafferty, Daphne Campbell |
Adventure |
IMDb |
Smithy |
Ken G. Hall |
Ron Randell |
Biopic |
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Walkabout |
Charles Mountford |
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Short/Documentary |
IMDb |
1947 |
Bush Christmas |
Ralph Smart |
Chips Rafferty, Thelma Grigg |
Adventure |
IMDb |
School in the Mailbox |
? |
|
Short documentary |
Nominated for Oscar |
1948 |
Always Another Dawn |
T. O. McCreadie |
Guy Doleman, Queenie Ashton |
War drama |
IMDb |
1949 |
The Inlanders |
John Kingsford-Smith |
David Low |
Documentary |
IMDb |
Into the Straight |
T. O. McCreadie |
Margo Lee |
Drama |
IMDb |
Sons of Matthew |
Charles Chauvel |
Michael Pate, John Ewart |
Adventure / Drama |
IMDb |
Strong Is the Seed |
Arthur Greville Collins |
Queenie Ashton, Guy Doleman |
Drama |
IMDb |
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