Escape from Singapore is a 1973 Australian TV dramatised documentary about General Gordon Bennett and his escape from Singapore in World War II.[1]
| Escape from Singapore | |
|---|---|
| Written by | John Power |
| Directed by | John Power |
| Starring | Don Crosby John Meillon Martin Vaughan Peter Gwynne |
| Music by | Richard Connolly |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | John Power |
| Cinematography | Geoff Burrowes |
| Editor | Stewart Young |
| Running time | 90 mins |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 26 September 1973 (Sydney) |
| Release | 18 October 1973 (Melbourne) |
It was a number of dramatised documentaries Power made for Australian TV. He spent ten months researching it, accessing papers provided by Bennett's widow. Power said "I was interested in the dilemma of a man, an undoubtedly a brave man, facing a great personal crisis... should he or should he not leave his troops?.. It goes down as one of the great crises in Australian history."[2]
The film won Best Documentary at the 1974 TV Week Logie Awards.[3]
The show was repeated in 1975.[4]
Cast
edit- Don Crosby as General Gordon Bennett
- John Meillon as narrator
- Don Philps as Mr Dovey QC
- Martin Vaughan as Boots Callaghan
- Peter Gwynne
- Gordon Glenwright
- Max Osbiston
Reception
editThe Sun Herald praised it saying "a medal for this one."[5]
The Bulletin said "It deserves a massive audience... smooth, compelling and totally involving. "[6]
References
edit- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p29
- ^ "Wartime general caught in a trap". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 1973. p. 41. accessed 26 June 2013
- ^ TV Week Logie Awards 1974 Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 26 June 2013
- ^ "Black and white's big 4 repeated". The Age. 20 February 1975. p. 36.
- ^ "A medal for the general". The Sun Herald. 30 September 1973. p. 81.
- ^ "TELEVISION Flesh on history's bones", The Bulletin, 095 (4872), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 22 September 1973, nla.obj-1635240814, retrieved 5 March 2024 – via Trove
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