The Dismissal

The Dismissal (1983)


  • Genre: History, Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1983-03-06
  • Runtime: 4h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Kennedy Miller Productions
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Directors: Phillip Noyce, George Miller, George Ogilvie, Carl Schultz, John Power.

Summary

The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.

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  • Max Phipps

    as Gough Whitlam

  • John Stanton

    as Malcolm Fraser

  • John Meillon

    as Sir John Kerr

  • Bill Hunter

    as Rex Connor

  • John Hargreaves

    as Dr. Jim Cairns

  • Peter Sumner

    as Bill Hayden

  • Stewart Faichney

    as Billy Snedden

  • Ed Devereaux

    as Phil Lynch

  • David Downer

    as Tony Staley

  • Harry Weiss

    as Tirath Khemlani

  • Robyn Nevin

    as Lady Kerr

  • Neela Dey

    as Junie Morosi

  • Tom Oliver

    as Senator Reg Withers

  • Carol Burns

    as Cairns' Secretary

  • Nancye Hayes

    as Connor's Secretary

  • Tony Barry

    as The Press Secretary

  • Sean Scully

    as Doug Anthony

  • Tim Elliott

    as Sir Frederick Wheeler

  • Arthur Dignam

    as Eric Robinson

  • Alan Becher

    as Ian Viner

  • John Allen

    as Prime Ministerial Aide

  • Stuart Littlemore

    as The TV Anchorman

  • Tim Burns

    as David Smith

  • Dennis Miller

    as The Second Speaker

  • Ruth Cracknell

    as Margaret Whitlam

  • Les Foxcroft

    as The First Speaker

  • Veronica Lang

    as The Reporter

  • Vincent Ball

    as Justin O'Byrne

  • Barry Otto

    as

  • Peter Collingwood

    as Tun Abdul Razak

  • George Ogilvie

    as Senator Jim McClelland

  • Ken Wayne

    as Liberal Senator

  • Robin Bowering

    as D.J. Killen

  • Tony Blackett

    as Rob Ellicot

  • Arna-Maria Winchester

    as Reporter

  • Ray Marshall

    as Labor Senate Leader

  • Martin Harris

    as Kep Enderby

  • John Clayton

    as Barry Cohen
Directing Phillip Noyce Director
Directing George Miller Director
Directing George Ogilvie Director
Directing Carl Schultz Director
Directing John Power Director
Writing Terry Hayes Writer
Writing George Miller Writer
Editing Richard Francis-Bruce Editor
Writing Ron Blair Writer
Writing Sally Gibson Writer
Production George Miller Executive Producer
Production Su Armstrong Associate Producer
Editing Sara Bennett Editor
Editing John Hollands Editor
Writing Daphne Paris Writer
Writing Phillip Noyce Writer
Production Byron Kennedy Executive Producer
Camera Dean Semler Director of Photography
Production Terry Hayes Producer
Art Owen Williams Production Design
Art Steve Amezdroz Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Robyn Schuurmans Costume Design

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