They're a Weird Mob (film)

They're a Weird Mob
DVD cover
Directed byMichael Powell
Written byRichard Imrie
Based onThey're a Weird Mob
by John O'Grady
Produced byMichael Powell
StarringWalter Chiari
Chips Rafferty
Claire Dunne
CinematographyArthur Grant
Edited byGerald Turney-Smith
Music byScore:
Alan Boustead
Lawrence Leonard
Songs:
Reen Devereaux
Walter Chiari
Mikis Theodorakis[1]
Production
company
Williamson-Powell International Films
Distributed byBritish Empire Films
Release dates
  • 18 August 1966 (1966-08-18) (Sydney, premiere)
  • 13 October 1966 (1966-10-13) (Australia)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$600,000 (est.) or £234,925[2]
Box officeA$2,417,000 (Australia)[3]

They're a Weird Mob is a 1966 Australian comedy film based on the 1957 novel of the same name by John O'Grady under the pen name "Nino Culotta", the name of the main character of the book. It was the penultimate collaboration of the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

  1. ^ IMDB Soundtracks
  2. ^ Petrie p 10
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