Escape from Singapore

1973 Australian film

Escape from Singapore

Directed by| John Power
Written by| John Power
Produced by| John Power
Starring| Don Crosby
John Meillon
Martin Vaughan
Peter Gwynne

Production
company

ABC

Release date

| 1973
Country| Australia
Language| English

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.[2] It won Best Documentary at the 1974 TV Week Logie Awards.[3]

## Cast[edit]

* Don Crosby
* John Meillon
* Martin Vaughan
* Peter Gwynne
* Gordon Glenwright

## Reception[edit]

The Sun Herald praised it saying "a medal for this one."[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p29
2. ^ Review at Sydney Morning Herald 23 September 1973 accessed 26 June 2013
3. ^ TV Week Logie Awards 1974 Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 26 June 2013
4. ^ "A medal for the general". The Sun Herald. 30 September 1973. p. 81.

## External links[edit]

* Escape from Singapore at IMDb

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