The Prime Minister Is Missing

Oct 29, 2008

0h 55m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Mystery

Production Companies

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Cast

Narrator

Helen Morse

Harold Holt

Normie Rowe

William McMahon

Nicholas Hope

John McEwen

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

Governor General Lord Casey

Matthew O'Sullivan

Mrs Gillespie

Gloria Ajenstat

Maxwell Newton

David Callan

Japanese Ambassador

Kuni Hashimoto

Alan Stewart

Lawrence Price

Martin Simpson

Michael Howlett

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