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n films of the 1940s. For a complete alphabetical list, see :Category:Australian films.

1940s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1940 1940 in film The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney classics Pinocchio and Fantasia.-Events:*February 7 - Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio is released....
Ants in His Pants	William Freshman William Freshman William Freshman was an Australian-born actor, writer and director. He moved to England as a child and worked in the British film industry, writing over 20 screenplays and working as an associate producer at British International Pictures...	Will Mahoney Will Mahoney William James Mahoney , better known as Will Mahoney, was an American-born vaudevillian best known for his stage success in Australia. He had extensive experience on the vaudeville circuit in the US, becoming the highest paid variety star in the country by the early 1930s. In 1938 he married Evie... , Ann Richards Ann Richards (actress) Ann Richards was an Australian actress, who achieved notability in Australian films as Shirley Ann Richards before moving to the United States where she continued her career as a film actress, mainly as an MGM starlet....	Comedy/Musical	IMDb
Dad Rudd, M.P.	Ken G. Hall Ken G. Hall Kenneth George Hall, AO OBE , better known as Ken G. Hall, was an Australian film director, considered one of the most important figures in the history of the Australian film industry.-Early years:...	Bert Bailey Bert Bailey Albert Edward Bailey , better known as Bert Bailey, was a New Zealand-born writer and actor best known for playing Dad Rudd on stage and screen.-Biography:... , Connie Martyn	Comedy	IMDb
Forty Thousand Horsemen Forty Thousand Horsemen Forty Thousand Horsemen is a 1940 Australian war film directed by Charles Chauvel. The film tells the story of the Australian Light Horse cavalry which operated in the desert at the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I. It follows the adventures of three rowdy heroes in fighting and...	Charles Chauvel	Harvey Adams, Betty Bryant	War	IMDb
Water Ballet: Sydney	?	Annette Kellerman	Short	IMDb
Wings of Destiny	Rupert Kathner Rupert Kathner Rupert Kathner was an Australian film director best known for newsreels and low-budget films. He worked with Alma Brooks, an ex-barmaid, who co-produced, operated the camera, edited, co-scripted and acted in their films...	Marshall Crosby, John Fernside	Action drama	IMDb
1941 1941 in film The year 1941 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, was released in 1941.-Top grossing films :-Academy Awards:...
Advance to Libya	Frank Hurley Frank Hurley James Francis "Frank" Hurley, OBE was an Australian photographer and adventurer. He participated in a number of expeditions to Antarctica and served as an official photographer with Australian forces during both world wars.His artistic style produced many memorable images but he also used staged...		Documentary	IMDb
The Power and the Glory	Noel Monkman Noel Monkman Noel Monkman was an Australian filmmaker best known for specialising in underwater photography. He established Australian Educational Films with F.W. Thring, directing a series of educational nature films about the Great Barrier Reef. He later made several documentaries as well as two dramatic...	Katrin Rosselle, Peter Finch Peter Finch Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...	Drama / Thriller	Based on book of same title IMDb
Racing Luck Racing Luck Racing Luck is a 1941 Australian comedy film directed by Rupert Kathner and starring Joe Valli, George Lloyd and Marshall Crosby. The jockey Darby Munro, who had a cameo as himself, described it as the best Australian film he had ever seen.-Cast:...	Rupert Kathner Rupert Kathner Rupert Kathner was an Australian film director best known for newsreels and low-budget films. He worked with Alma Brooks, an ex-barmaid, who co-produced, operated the camera, edited, co-scripted and acted in their films...	Joe Valli Joe Valli Joe Valli was a Scottish actor, who worked for many years in Australian vaudeville and film. He had a long-running vaudeville partnership with Pat Hanna, Chic and Joe.- Selected filmography :* Diggers * Waltzing Matilda... , George Lloyd George Lloyd (actor) George Lloyd was an American character actor. Born in Edinburg, Illinois, Lloyd appeared in over 270 films between 1932 and 1956.-Career:...	Adventure comedy	IMDb
That Certain Something	Clarence G. Badger Clarence G. Badger Clarence G. Badger was an American film director of feature films in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. His most noteworthy films include It, starring Clara Bow, more than a dozen features and shorts starring Will Rogers, and two features starring Raymond Griffith, Paths to Paradise and Hands...	Megan Edwards, Thelma Grigg	Drama	IMDb
Water Ballet	?	Annette Kellerman Annette Kellerman Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, and writer...	Short	IMDb
1942 1942 in film The year 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Casablanca.-Events:...
100,000 Cobbers 100,000 Cobbers 100,000 Cobbers is a 1942 dramatised documentary made by director Ken G. Hall for the Australian Department of Information during World War II to boost recruitment into the armed forces. It was filmed at Liverpool Military camp in 1941 using national servicemen...	Ken G. Hall Ken G. Hall Kenneth George Hall, AO OBE , better known as Ken G. Hall, was an Australian film director, considered one of the most important figures in the history of the Australian film industry.-Early years:...	Ron Randell Ron Randell Ronald Egan "Ron" Randell was an Australian-born American film and stage actor.-Biography:Randell was born in Sydney. He started his career as a stage and radio performer in his teens. He soon established himself as a leading male juvenile for radio, acting for 2KY Players, George Edwards, BAP... , Ann Richards Ann Richards (actress) Ann Richards was an Australian actress, who achieved notability in Australian films as Shirley Ann Richards before moving to the United States where she continued her career as a film actress, mainly as an MGM starlet....	Drama / Short	IMDb
Jewel of the Pacific	Frank Hurley Frank Hurley James Francis "Frank" Hurley, OBE was an Australian photographer and adventurer. He participated in a number of expeditions to Antarctica and served as an official photographer with Australian forces during both world wars.His artistic style produced many memorable images but he also used staged...	?	Short documentary	IMDb
Kokoda Front Line!	Damien Parer (camera)	Peter Bathurst, Damien Parer	War documentary	Sept 18. 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 Ken G. Hall Kenneth George Hall, AO OBE , better known as Ken G. Hall, was an Australian film director, considered one of the most important figures in the history of the Australian film industry.-Early years:...	?	War documentary	IMDb
Soldiers Without Uniforms	Charles Chauvel	?	Short documentary	IMDb
A Yank in Australia A Yank in Australia A Yank in Australia is a 1942 Australian comedy about an American and Englishmen sent to cover the war in the South Pacific. They end up foiling a plot by the Japanese to invade Australia.-External links:* in the Internet Movie Database...	Alfred J. Goulding Alfred J. Goulding Alfred John "Alf" Goulding was an Australian-born American film director and screenwriter. He directed 182 films between 1917 and 1959....	Al Thomas, Kitty Bluett	Comedy	IMDb
1943 1943 in film The year 1943 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 3 - 1st missing persons telecast * February 20 - American film studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor films....
Assault on Salamaua	?		Documentary	IMDb
The Bismarck Convoy Smashed		Peter Bathurst (voice)	War documentary	IMDb
1944 1944 in film The year 1944 in film involved some significant events, including the wholesome, award-winning Going My Way plus popular murder mysteries such as Double Indemnity, Gaslight and Laura.-Events:*July 20 - Since You Went Away is released....
The Rats of Tobruk The Rats of Tobruk (1944 film) The Rats of Tobruk is a 1944 Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel. The film follows three drover friends who enlist in the Australian Army together during World War II. Their story is based on the siege of the Libyan city of Tobruk in North Africa by Rommel's Afrika Korps...	Charles Chauvel	Grant Taylor Grant taylor Grant Taylor is a professional skateboarder who grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the son of former professional skateboarder Thomas Taylor. He began skating at an early age and turned pro in 2009... , Peter Finch Peter Finch Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a... , Chips Rafferty Chips Rafferty Chips Rafferty MBE was an iconic Australian actor. Called "the living symbol of the typical Australian", Rafferty's career stretched from the 1940s until his death in 1971, and during this time he performed regularly in major Australian feature films as well as appearing in British and American...	War / Drama	IMDb
Red Sky at Morning Red Sky at Morning (1944 film) Red Sky at Morning is a 1944 Australian melodrama set during the 19th century. It features an early screen performance by Peter Finch, who plays a convict who falls in love with the wife of a sea captain. It is considered a lost film.-External links:...	Hartney J. Arthur	John Alden, Dorothea Dunstan, Peter Finch Peter Finch Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...	Drama	IMDb
1945 1945 in film The year 1945 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring a ghost named Casper.* With Rossellini's Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins....
Harvest Gold	Mervyn Murphy	Joe Valli Joe Valli Joe Valli was a Scottish actor, who worked for many years in Australian vaudeville and film. He had a long-running vaudeville partnership with Pat Hanna, Chic and Joe.- Selected filmography :* Diggers * Waltzing Matilda... , Harry Abdy	Drama / Thriller	IMDb
Mid East	Frank Hurley Frank Hurley James Francis "Frank" Hurley, OBE was an Australian photographer and adventurer. He participated in a number of expeditions to Antarctica and served as an official photographer with Australian forces during both world wars.His artistic style produced many memorable images but he also used staged...		Documentary	IMDb
1946 1946 in film The year 1946 in film involved some significant events.-Events:November 21 - William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell.December 20 - Frank Capra's It's a...
A Son Is Born A Son Is Born A Son Is Born is a 1946 Australian melodrama about a woman who marries an irresponsible drifter . They have a son , but later divorce and she remarries a rich businessman...	Eric Porter	Muriel Steinbeck Muriel Steinbeck Muriel Steibeck was an Australian actor who worked extensively in film, theatre, radio and television. She is best known for her performance as the wife of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in Smithy and for playing the lead in Autumn Affair , Australia's first television serial.-Selected Filmography:*... , Ron Randell Ron Randell Ronald Egan "Ron" Randell was an Australian-born American film and stage actor.-Biography:Randell was born in Sydney. He started his career as a stage and radio performer in his teens. He soon established himself as a leading male juvenile for radio, acting for 2KY Players, George Edwards, BAP... , Peter Finch Peter Finch Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...	Drama	IMDb
Indonesia Calling Indonesia Calling Indonesia Calling is a 1946 Australian short documentary film directed by Joris Ivens and produced by the then Waterside Workers' Federation...	Joris Ivens Joris Ivens Joris Ivens was a Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist.-Early life and career:...	Peter Finch Peter Finch Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...	Short documentary	IMDb
The Overlanders The Overlanders (film) The Overlanders is a 1946 Australian-British film about drovers droving a large herd of cattle 1600 miles overland from Wyndham in Western Australia through the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland during World War II.The film was one of several produced...	Harry Watt Harry Watt (director) Harry Watt was a Scottish documentary and feature film director, who began his career working for John Grierson and Robert Flaherty. His 1959 film The Siege of Pinchgut was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival...	Chips Rafferty Chips Rafferty Chips Rafferty MBE was an iconic Australian actor. Called "the living symbol of the typical Australian", Rafferty's career stretched from the 1940s until his death in 1971, and during this time he performed regularly in major Australian feature films as well as appearing in British and American... , Daphne Campbell	Adventure	IMDb
Smithy	Ken G. Hall Ken G. Hall Kenneth George Hall, AO OBE , better known as Ken G. Hall, was an Australian film director, considered one of the most important figures in the history of the Australian film industry.-Early years:...	Ron Randell Ron Randell Ronald Egan "Ron" Randell was an Australian-born American film and stage actor.-Biography:Randell was born in Sydney. He started his career as a stage and radio performer in his teens. He soon established himself as a leading male juvenile for radio, acting for 2KY Players, George Edwards, BAP...	Biopic
Walkabout	Charles Mountford		Short/Documentary	IMDb
1947 1947 in film The year 1947 in film involved some significant events.-Events:May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York.November 24 : The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten".*November 25...
Bush Christmas	Ralph Smart Ralph Smart Ralph Smart was a film and television producer, director, and writer, born in England to Australian parents in 1908. He found work in Britain with Anthony Asquith and later alongside the film director Michael Powell, whom he assisted with "Quota quickies": low-budget B-pictures to fill production...	Chips Rafferty Chips Rafferty Chips Rafferty MBE was an iconic Australian actor. Called "the living symbol of the typical Australian", Rafferty's career stretched from the 1940s until his death in 1971, and during this time he performed regularly in major Australian feature films as well as appearing in British and American... , Thelma Grigg	Adventure	IMDb
School in the Mailbox	?		Short documentary	Nominated for Oscar
1948 1948 in film The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :...
Always Another Dawn	T.O. McCreadie T.O. McCreadie Tom McCreadie , better known as T.O. McCreadie was an Australian film director and producer, who was also involved in distribution and exhibition for many years. He and his brother Alec formed Embassy Pictures in 1940 and made several shorts before producing three feature films in the 1940s...	Guy Doleman Guy Doleman Guy Doleman was a New Zealand actor.He is perhaps best known for his role as "Count Lippe" in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, and as "Colonel Ross" in the three film adaptations of Len Deighton's "Harry Palmer" novels, starring Michael Caine, in the 1960s... , Queenie Ashton Queenie Ashton Edith "Queenie" Ashton AM was an English-born Australian soprano and character actress who had a long career primarily on radio, although she was also a renowned theatre actress, who also added television and film performances to her impressive repertoire...	War drama	IMDb
1949 1949 in film The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello...
The Inlanders	John Kingsford-Smith	David Low David Low Sir David Alexander Cecil Low was a New Zealand political cartoonist and caricaturist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom for many years. Low was a self-taught cartoonist...	Documentary	IMDb
Into the Straight Into the Straight Into the Straight is a 1949 Australian horse racing melodrama directed by T.O. McCreadie. The plot concerns the Curzons, an Australian horseracing family visited by an English horse trainer and his son...	T.O. McCreadie T.O. McCreadie Tom McCreadie , better known as T.O. McCreadie was an Australian film director and producer, who was also involved in distribution and exhibition for many years. He and his brother Alec formed Embassy Pictures in 1940 and made several shorts before producing three feature films in the 1940s...	Margo Lee	Drama	IMDb
Sons of Matthew Sons of Matthew Sons of Matthew is a 1949 Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel. The film was shot in 1947 on location in Queensland, Australia and the studio sequences in Sydney...	Charles Chauvel	Michael Pate Michael Pate Michael Pate was an Australian actor, writer and director.-Early life:He was born Edward John Pate in Drummoyne, Sydney... , John Ewart John Ewart John Ewart was an Australian Film Institute award winning actor.-Career:Ewart was born in Melbourne. He began his acting career when he was cast at the age of four in a radio production of Snow White...	Adventure / Drama	IMDb
Strong Is the Seed Strong Is the Seed Strong is the Seed is a 1949 Australian drama film, about the life of William Farrer. The film is also known as The Farrer Story.- Cast :Guy Doleman as William FarrerMarie Marsden as Nina de SalisLloyd Lamble as Dr GuthrieQueenie Ashton...	Arthur Greville Collins Arthur Greville Collins Arthur Greville Collins , was an American film director. He directed 8 films between 1935 and 1949.He was born in London, England, United Kingdom.-Selected filmography:* The Widow from Monte Carlo...	Queenie Ashton Queenie Ashton Edith "Queenie" Ashton AM was an English-born Australian soprano and character actress who had a long career primarily on radio, although she was also a renowned theatre actress, who also added television and film performances to her impressive repertoire... , Guy Doleman Guy Doleman Guy Doleman was a New Zealand actor.He is perhaps best known for his role as "Count Lippe" in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, and as "Colonel Ross" in the three film adaptations of Len Deighton's "Harry Palmer" novels, starring Michael Caine, in the 1960s...	Drama	IMDb

External links

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