Escape from Singapore | |
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Directed by | John Power |
Written by | John Power |
Produced by | John Power |
Starring |
Don Crosby John Meillon Martin Vaughan Peter Gwynne |
Cinematography | Geoff Burrowes |
Edited by | Stewart Young |
Music by | Richard Connolly |
Production company | ABC |
Distributed by | ABC |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 mins |
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. 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]