Escape from Singapore | |
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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)
Escape from Singapore is a 1973 Australian TV dramatised documentary about General Gordon Bennett and his escape from Singapore in World War II.[1]
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]
The 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]