| Dad and Dave Come to Town | |
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| Directed by | Ken G. Hall |
| Written by | Bert Bailey Frank Harvey |
| Based on | story by Ken G. Hall characters created by Steele Rudd |
| Produced by | Ken G. Hall |
| Starring | Bert Bailey Fred MacDonald Shirley Ann Richards |
| Cinematography | George Heath |
| Edited by | William Shepherd |
| Music by | Hamilton Webber |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | British Empire Films (Aust) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 97 minutes (Aust) 78 mins (UK) |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £12,000[1] or £23,000[2][3] |
| Box office | £40,000 (Australia)[1] £35,000 (UK)[4] |
Dad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in the 'Dad and Dave' comedy series starring Bert Bailey. It was the feature film debut of Peter Finch and is one of the best known Australian films of the 1930s.[5]
- ^ a b "Bert Bailey Started in Melodrama And Made A Fortune From A Beard". The Sunday Herald. Sydney. 5 April 1953. p. 12. Retrieved 15 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 183.
- ^ Pike, Andrew Franklin. "The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-70" (PDF). Australian National University. p. 245.
- ^ "THE RESEARCH BUREAU HOLDS AN AUTOPSY". Sunday Mail. Brisbane. 17 February 1952. p. 11. Retrieved 28 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
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