Film version of Australia’s comic strip, set in the years of the depression. Fatty is head of the neighbourhood nice guys and has a final confrontation with Bruiser Murphy and his gang of toughs. Stars Noni Hazlehurst and Bert Newton.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
325057
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Comic strip characters in motion pictures
Childrens Films → Children's films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Depressions - 1929
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
VHS; Preservation Print (Section 5)