Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
The Man from Down Under
TITLE DETAILS

The Man from Down Under

1943-08-04 · 103 min · ★ 7.0

Action · Comedy · Drama · War

An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Robert Z. Leonard
Production companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Charles LaughtonCharles LaughtonJocko Wilson
Binnie BarnesBinnie BarnesAggie Dawlins
Richard CarlsonRichard CarlsonNipper Wilson
Donna ReedDonna ReedMary Wilson
Christopher SevernNipper Wilson (child)
Clyde CookClyde CookGinger Gaffney
Stephen McNallyStephen McNallyDusty Rhodes
Arthur ShieldsArthur ShieldsFather Polycarp
Evelyn FalkeMary, as a child
Hobart CavanaughHobart CavanaughBoots
André CharlotAndré CharlotFather Antoine
Peter LawfordPeter LawfordMr. Jones
Luis AlberniLuis AlberniDino Piza
Eily MalyonEily MalyonSarah
Ian WolfeIan WolfeSoldier
Freddie SteeleFreddie SteeleTerry McGroth - Boxer (uncredited)
Philip AhnPhilip AhnEnglish-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
Richard AinleyRichard AinleyMilitary Doctor (uncredited)
Luis AlberniLuis AlberniDino Piza (uncredited)
Eric AldenEric AldenNewsman (uncredited)

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

Walking with the Enemy
★ 6.3
Walking with the Enemy2014Action · Drama · War

Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his country to the Nazis, who quickly move Hungarians to ghettos and death camps, with no hope in sight. But the despair changes when a young man named Elek emerges. Separated from his family during the relocations and aided by the woman he loves , Elek defies the enemy by becoming one of them. In a race against time, disguised as a Nazi Officer he embarks on a mission to save his family and thousands of his countrymen.

Battleground
★ 6.7
Battleground1949Action · Drama · War

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.

The Kill Team
★ 6.5
The Kill Team2019Action · Drama · War

When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear for his safety. A fictionalized dramatization based on a true story.

Field of Lost Shoes
★ 6.1
Field of Lost Shoes2015Action · Drama · War

A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.

Embattled
★ 6.7
Embattled2020Action · Drama

The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

Beast
★ 7.5
Beast2026Action · Drama

MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.

Hostile Takeover
★ 6.9
Hostile Takeover2025Action · Comedy

Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.

Outlaws - For Greater Glory
★ 7.0
Outlaws - For Greater Glory2012Action · Drama · War

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

SAS: Red Notice
★ 5.8
SAS: Red Notice2021Action · Drama

An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the difference as to whether Buckingham and the civilian passengers make it out of the tunnel alive.

Hunting Season
★ 7.4
Hunting Season2025Action · Drama

When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.

Waiting for Anya
★ 6.3
Waiting for Anya2020Drama · War

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.

The Secret of Santa Vittoria
★ 6.9
The Secret of Santa Vittoria1970Comedy · Drama · War

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.

Convict
★ 6.5
Convict2014Action · Drama

Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the prison boss has it in for him and does everything possible to break Ray even going after his fiance.

Walking Tall
★ 6.4
Walking Tall2004Action · Drama

A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.

Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines
★ 6.1
Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines2014Action · Drama · War

Seal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling weapon's grade yellow-cake out of the country.

Fast Charlie
★ 6.3
Fast Charlie2023Action · Drama

When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.

Black Site
★ 6.0
Black Site2022Action · Drama

A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching and dire consequences.

The Boy with Green Hair
★ 6.2
The Boy with Green Hair1948Comedy · Drama

Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new caretaker, but when he is taunted for being an orphan, he gets demoralized. The next day Peter wakes up with green hair. Embarrassed and further ridiculed, Peter seeks solace in a nearby forest. To his surprise, he finds other orphans in the woods, who encourage him to spread news of the injustices of war.

Seeking Justice
★ 5.9
Seeking Justice2011Action · Drama

After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.

40 Acres
★ 6.6
40 Acres2025Action · Drama

Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their 40 Acres.

Similar titles

Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life
★ 6.0
Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life2022Comedy

Featuring freshly minted scenes with the whole gang as well as some never-before-seen moments and too many bloopers and blunders to count on a washing glove-covered hand.

Gallipoli
★ 7.1
Gallipoli1981Drama · War

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

Support Your Local Sheriff!
★ 6.9
Support Your Local Sheriff!1969Comedy

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

Perverted Adolescence
★ 4.9
Perverted Adolescence1974Drama

Professor Mirella Buzzati, recovering from a failed relationship that ended with a divorce from her husband, travels to Perugia where she has obtained a mathematics teaching position at a high school. Her hatred of men, evident during the train ride and in her interactions with male colleagues who quickly flock to her, quickly yields to the attractiveness of Alain, a student nicknamed "the dark and handsome" by the high school girls. He already has a relationship with Giorgina, a fellow student of the same age and a fanatical militant of "Lotta Continua." In an effort to win over her idol, Mirella becomes unscrupulous in her teaching, preaches political and sexual revolution; she earns the headmaster's rebukes, and heaps scathing criticism on her rival Giorgina. After a stint in Paris with a lesbian colleague, the professor resumes her attack and obtains Alain's physical performance, but not her love: the boy understands her well and deeply despises her.

Crime of the Decade
★ 10.0
Crime of the Decade1984Drama

A young man in a depressed satellite city, meets a woman who offers him love and hope.

Sweet Country
★ 6.6
Sweet Country2018Drama

In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.

Kath & Kim: 20 Preposterous Years
Not rated
Kath & Kim: 20 Preposterous Years2022Comedy

Friends and stars of the series explore the nooks and crannies of the Kath & Kim world, along with rarely-seen footage.

Thanks Girls and Goodbye
Not rated
Thanks Girls and Goodbye1988War

Documentary using archival footage, newsreels and contemporary interviews with women of the WW2 Australian Women's Land Army.

Windcatcher
★ 5.0
Windcatcher2024Comedy · Drama

In a small country town, a trio of unlikely friends – Percy Boy, Keithy Cobb and Daisy Hawkins – band together to take the local school sports day title from a group of grade five bullies. But as Percy Boy trains with the help of his mates, he then discovers his supernatural ability to see lost souls – a gift passed down from his grandfather. Percy Boy must overcome his fears, prove his resilience and become a force to be reckoned with.

The Stranger
★ 6.2
The Stranger2022Drama

Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. However, neither is who they appear to be, each carry secrets that threaten to ruin them — and in the background, one of the nation's largest police operations is closing in.

Under Capricorn
★ 6.0
Under Capricorn1949Drama

A British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that binds them, struggle to rebuild their lives when a young newcomer stirs long-buried passions and secrets.

Jindabyne
★ 5.4
Jindabyne2006Drama

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.

Benny Hill Down Under
★ 5.2
Benny Hill Down Under1977Comedy

A one-off special starring Benny Hill, filmed entirely in Australia. Includes a sketch about "Benny Kelly," son of infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly; "Hold Back the Wind" (a Tennessee Williams parody); "Archie's Angels" (a spoof of Charlie's Angels); and "Lady Godiva." Also: a vagabond dreams of moving up to the high life; an interview with Chow Mein; a dance routine set to the themes from The Avengers, M*A*S*H and Hawaii Five-O; and closing hijinks around the beach.

Candy
★ 7.1
Candy2006Drama

A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.

Dallas Doll
★ 3.7
Dallas Doll1994Comedy

Dallas, an American golf tutor, arrives in a quiet Sydney suburb to teach at the local school and sets about causing chaos with the family she stays with.

BMX Bandits
★ 5.6
BMX Bandits1983Drama

Teens P.J. and Goose get their thrills on BMX bikes, performing hair-raising tricks all across Sydney, Australia. Along with their new friend Judy, they discover a box of walkie-talkies -- and find out that a gang of criminals intends to use them to monitor police signals during a bank robbery. When the young trio snatches the devices, it propels them on a hair-raising adventure in which their pedaling skills might just save their necks.

Raajakumara
★ 6.2
Raajakumara2017Action · Drama

Siddharth, a devoted son and a prince in his father's eyes, encounters numerous challenges while maintaining his pure character. Upon losing his family, he uncovers the hardships they faced and resolves to look after the elderly at an old age home. However, Jagannath attempts to thwart his noble endeavors.

Grease
★ 7.4
Grease1978Comedy

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

Our Trip to Berribrook
Not rated
Our Trip to Berribrook2022Comedy

In the summer of 2018, three kid-friendly American vloggers headed into an Australian national park in search of a mysterious, bigfoot-like creature. They were never seen again. Their footage was thought lost. Until now.

Because He's My Friend
★ 8.0
Because He's My Friend1978Drama

An American military man moves his family to Australia to undergo training in submarine warfare, providing new challenges for his wife and their developmentally disabled son.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.