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The Prime Minister Is Missing (2008)
Directed by Peter Butt
Documentary, Mystery · 55m
With Australia at war in Vietnam in 1967, suddenly Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared without a trace—an event unparalleled in the history of western democracy. Four decades later, a coronial inquiry confirmed that Harold Holt had accidentally drowned. Some people may still believe that Holt was a spy and fled to China in a submarine. But most suspect there was more to his disappearance than has ever been revealed. Reconstructed from eyewitness accounts, this dramatised documentary tells the story of the Prime Minister's secret world in the months before he disappeared — a world of betrayal, blackmail, political treachery, a poisonous feud, mounting physical and mental strain, and near-death experiences. Featuring Normie Rowe as Harold Holt, Nicholas Hope as William McMahon and Tony Llewellyn-Jones as John McEwen, this film reveals explosive new aspects of the case.
Cast
Helen Morse
Narrator
Normie Rowe
Harold Holt
Nicholas Hope
William McMahon
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
John McEwen
Matthew O'Sullivan
Governor General Lord Casey
David Callan
Maxwell Newton
Kuni Hashimoto
Japanese Ambassador
Crew
- Director
- Peter Butt
- Writer
- Peter Butt
- Director of Photography
- Calvin Gardiner
- Editor
- Peter Butt
- Producer
- Peter Butt
Details
- Release date
- 2008-10-29
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Documentary, Mystery
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation