The Man From Down Under (1943) (MOD) "Huntress"

The Man From Down Under (1943) (MOD) "Huntress"Acting luminary Charles Laughton stars as stalwart Anzac soldier Jocko Wilson in this saga set between the World Wars. The bighearted Jocko impulsively adopts a pair of war orphans in the closing days of World War I, intending to raise them with his singing sweetheart, Aggie (Binnie Barnes). Jocko succeeds in smuggling the orphans out of Belgium, but Aggie is left stranded, so he raises the pair alone in his native Australia. The boy, Nipper (Richard

a girl he once knew who never got over him

gambling addiction

But the truth may at last have been found

a student whose indifference to school has even the principal (screen-debuting Belafont�) calling him a backwards child

He seems to know secrets about the eerie cries

Viewers expecting a polite gathering of people neatly posed on Louis XVI furniture are going to be blown out of their chairs

he quits the medical profession and rides the rails as a hobo

the composer whose life was the subject of the biopic Deep in My Heart

Frank Welker is the only voice actor to work on Scooby-Doo in its many incarnations

A splendid supporting cast -- including TV heartthrob Jason Priestley ("Beverly Hills

Leta Lestrange

then hits the road for the ridiculous with the pedal to the metal