The Last Bastion

This article is about the television mini-series. For the animated short, see Overwatch animated media § The Last Bastion.

The Last Bastion
Genre	War
Written by	Denis Whitburn David Williamson
Directed by	Chris Thomson George Miller
Starring	Michael Blakemore John Wood Timothy West
Theme music composer	Colin Stead
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3 x 2 hours
Production
Producers	Brian Rosen Denis Whitburn David Williamson
Cinematography	Louis Irving
Editor	Sara Bennett
Running time	360 min.
Budget	$3.6 million
Original release
Network	Network Ten

The Last Bastion is a television mini-series which aired in Australia in November 1984. It is a docudrama telling the story of Australia's involvement in World War II, and its often strained relations with its two main allies, Great Britain and the United States.

The running time of the series is reported as 360 minutes (6 hours) on the IMDb page, but the actual running time of the series, both on VHS tape and DVD, is approximately 160 minutes.

Cast

• Michael Blakemore ... John Curtin
• John Wood ... Robert Menzies
• Timothy West ... Winston Churchill
• Robert Vaughn ... General Douglas MacArthur
• Warren Mitchell ... Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Ray Barrett ... General Thomas Blamey
• Peter Whitford ... H. V. "Bert" Evatt
• Max Cullen ... Eddie Ward
• Jon Ewing ... Billy Hughes
• Nancye Hayes ... Elsie Curtin
• Neil Fitzpatrick ... Frederick Shedden
• Bill Hunter ... Ben Chifley
• Reg Gillam ... General George C. Marshall

External links

• The Last Bastion at IMDb