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