The Digger Earl is a 1924 Australian film comedy from director Beaumont Smith. The plot is about a typical Australian Arthur Tauchert who takes the place of an earl.
Bill Jones is an Aussie who leaves to serve in World War I in 1917, promising to return to his girlfriend Winnie. In France he rescues to of his friends after a disastrous attack. His mates want brandy and Bill tries to get some from an officers tent he is captured and sent to headquarters.After the war Bill is penniless in London. He joins the crew of a boat bound for Australia and meets the likeable Earl of Margate. ........
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