Diggers

Diggers (1931) is a comedy film directed by F.W. Thring rated 7.0/10.

Attending a reunion, two Australian ex-servicemen reminisce about their exploits in France during WW1. These include lying in a field hospital where they feigned deafness to extend their recuperation, stealing jars of rum from the Quartermaster and inventing an elaborate ruse to hide them and finally, the night before returning to the front relaxing in a French café where romance blossoms between the soldier and waitress as told through the song 'Mademoiselle from Armentieres'.

Cast

Pat Hanna

Chic Williams

George Moon

Joe Mulga

Joe Valli

Corporal McTavish

Norman French

Medical Officer

Edmund Warrington

Fatty

Cecil Scott

Bluey

Guy Hastings

Q.M. Sergeant