Dad and Dave Come to Town

Dad and Dave Come to Town
Directed byKen G. Hall
Written byBert Bailey
Frank Harvey
Based onstory by Ken G. Hall
characters created by Steele Rudd
Produced byKen G. Hall
StarringBert Bailey
Fred MacDonald
Shirley Ann Richards
CinematographyGeorge Heath
Edited byWilliam Shepherd
Music byHamilton Webber
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Empire Films (Aust)
Release dates
  • 30 September 1938 (1938-09-30) (Aust)
  • 1939 (1939) (UK)
  • 1943 (1943) (USA)
Running time
97 minutes (Aust)
78 mins (UK)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget£12,000 or £23,000
Box office£40,000 (Australia)
£35,000 (UK)

Dad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in the 'Dad and Dave' comedy series starring Bert Bailey. It was the feature film debut of Peter Finch and is one of the best known Australian films of the 1930s.