Diggers

Diggers is a 1931 Australian comedy film produced and directed by F. W. Thring starring popular stage comedian Pat Hanna. It was the first feature film from both men. The movie is based on Hanna's stage show, and is concerned with the adventures of Australian soldiers during World War I. Plot summary Two Australian 'cobbers', Chic and Joe, attend a reunion 12 years after World War I and reminisce about their exploits together in France. They recall three incidents in particular. Firstly, the time they were in hospital and ingeniously feigned an illness to stay away from active service and the front line. Secondly, when the 'cobbers' attempt to steal rum from the British Army store. And finally, they recall relaxing in a French cafe while a fellow Digger romances the waitress (Eugenie Prescott). Cast Pat Hanna as Chic Williams George Moon as Joe Mulga Joe Valli as McTavish Norman French as medical officer Guy Hastings as Quarter-Master Sergeant Eugenie Prescott Cecil Scott as Bluey Edmund Warrington as Fatty John Henry as a tommy Rutland Becket as SM Harry McClelland as Sergeant-Major Booth Royce Milton as CO