Call Me Mr. Brown is a 1986 Australian movie based on the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax,[1][2] written and directed by South Australian director Scott Hicks.[3][4]
| Call Me Mr. Brown | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Scott Hicks |
| Produced by | Terry Jennings |
| Starring | Chris Haywood Vincent Ball John Frawley |
Production company | Kino Film Co. |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
In the 1971 incident, Peter Macari extorted $500,000 from Australian airline Qantas, threatening to blow up flight 755 from Sydney to Hong Kong on 26 May 1971.[5]
Qantas actively tried to stop the film being made[6] and despite failing to do so, Network 10, which had invested A$250,000 in the film, refused to air it. The film was eventually released on video in 1990.[7]
Cast
edit- Chris Haywood as Peter Macari
- Vincent Ball as Captain Ritchie
- John Frawley as Captain Howson
- Bill Hunter as Detective Sergeant ‘Jim’ Jack McNeill
- Max Cullen as Fibreglass Factory Foreman
- John Polson as Brian Day
- John Noble as Geoff Fraser
- Ken Goodlet as Captain Selwyn
- Russell Kiefel as Ray Poynting
- Edwin Hodgeman as Bill Harding
- Leo Taylor as Major Morrison
References
edit- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p22
- ^ 'Mr Brown' and riddle of the man who just vanished By Richard Macey Sydney Morning Herald 25 May 2002 accessed 22 June 2013
- ^ "Papers of Scott Hicks : Summary record ["Info" tab]". State Library of South Australia. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Scott Hicks at IMDb
- ^ "The true story of the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax - one of Australia's most audacious heists". www.abc.net.au. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Qantas in protest about hijack film". Canberra Times. 1 November 1985. p. 11. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Teeseling, Ingeborg van (21 May 2018). "The bomb on the Qantas flight, and what happened next". The Big Smoke. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
External links
edit- Call Me Mr. Brown at IMDb
- Call Me Mr. Brown at Oz Movies
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