Curtin (film)
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Curtin | |
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Written by | Alison Nisselle |
Produced by | Andrew Wiseman Richard Keddie |
Starring | William McInnes Noni Hazlehurst Asher Keddie Ben Esler Geoff Morrell Bille Brown |
Release date | 22 April 2007 | (Australia)
Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Curtin is a telemovie about the wartime Prime Minister of Australia, John Curtin.[1]
Plot
The film covers the period from just before Curtin becoming Prime Minister in October 1941 until the return of the 6th and 7th Divisions to Australia (Operation Stepsister) at the start of the Pacific war in March 1942. The film concludes with a montage of footage of Curtin's funeral in 1945.[1]
Cast[1]
- William McInnes as John Curtin
- Noni Hazlehurst as Elsie Curtin
- Asher Keddie as Elsie Jnr
- Ben Esler as John Jnr
- Geoff Morrell as Ben Chifley
- Bille Brown as Robert Menzies
- Paul English as H. V. Evatt
- Frank Gallacher as Jack Beasley
- William Zappa as General Vernon Sturdee
- Shingo Usami as Tatsuo Kawai
- Robert Grubb as Percy Spender
- Tony Rickards as Eddie Ward
- Drew Lindo as Arthur Fadden
- Alethea McGrath as Mrs. Needham
- Dan Wyllie as Don Rodgers
- Brian Meegan as Frederick Shedden
- Roz Hammond as Gladys Joyce
- Nicholas Opolski as Fred McLaughlin
- Hunter Perske as Don Whitington
Production
Much of the film was made in Victoria, with the exception of scenes filmed at Old Parliament House, Canberra.[1]
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- World War II films
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