While serving in the Australian Army in France in 1918, soldiers Chic and Joe are given ten days' leave in England. They have trouble with their uncouth manners but eventually help some upper class friends with their romance.
Should you watch Diggers in Blighty? If you have a thing for black-and-white historical oddities or just really want to see how Australian cinema handled the '30s, sure. If you need pacing that doesn't feel like a sleepy Sunday afternoon, you’re gonna hate it. It’s slow. Like, really slow. The movie follows Chic and J...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Pat Hanna
Charley Chase
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"Should you watch Diggers in Blighty? If you have a thing for black-and-white historical oddities or just really want to see how Australian cinema handled the '30s, sure. If you need pacing that doesn't feel like a sleepy Sunday afternoon, you’re gonna hate it. It’s slow. Like, really slow. The movie follows Chic and Joe, two soldiers on leave. They are clearly out of their element in the polite parlors of England. Watching them try to navigate upper-class etiquette is the whole point, I guess. ..."
Reg Wykeham
Wilfred King, Edmund Warrington, Bert Reid, Pat Hanna
Australia
1931 · IMDb 5.8
