The Humpty Dumpty Man is a 1986 Australian TV film which was the first feature directed by P.J. Hogan. It was based on the ALP politician David Combe affair.[2][3]

The Humpty Dumpty Man
Directed byP. J. Hogan
Written byP. J. Hogan
Karl Zwicky
Produced byMiranda Bain
StarringFrank Gallacher
Rod Mullinar
Fred Parslow
CinematographyMartin McGrath
Edited byMurray Ferguson
Production
companies
Quantum Films
Capital Productions
Australian Film Commission
Distributed byHome Cinema Group (video)
Release date
  • 1989 (1989) (video)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$1,292,000[1]

Shadlow is a trade consultant who accepts a Soviet trade contract and is accused of international espionage.

The movie was not released theatrically.[2]

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  1. ^ "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p. 64
  2. ^ a b David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 pp. 241–242
  3. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 82
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