The Dismissal (1983)
March 6, 1983Release Date
The Dismissal (1983)
March 6, 1983Release Date

Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Max Phipps
Gough Whitlam

John Stanton
Malcolm Fraser

John Meillon
Sir John Kerr

Bill Hunter
Rex Connor

John Hargreaves
Dr. Jim Cairns

Peter Sumner
Bill Hayden

Stewart Faichney
Billy Snedden

Ed Devereaux
Phil Lynch

David Downer
Tony Staley

Harry Weiss
Tirath Khemlani

Robyn Nevin
Lady Kerr

Neela Dey
Junie Morosi

Tom Oliver
Senator Reg Withers

Carol Burns
Cairns' Secretary

Nancye Hayes
Connor's Secretary

Tony Barry
The Press Secretary

Sean Scully
Doug Anthony

Tim Elliott
Sir Frederick Wheeler

Arthur Dignam
Eric Robinson

Alan Becher
Ian Viner

John Allen
Prime Ministerial Aide

Stuart Littlemore
The TV Anchorman

Tim Burns
David Smith

Dennis Miller
The Second Speaker

Ruth Cracknell
Margaret Whitlam

Les Foxcroft
The First Speaker

Veronica Lang
The Reporter

Vincent Ball
Justin O'Byrne

Peter Collingwood
Tun Abdul Razak

George Ogilvie
Senator Jim McClelland / Director

Ken Wayne
Liberal Senator

Robin Bowering
D.J. Killen

Tony Blackett
Rob Ellicot

Arna-Maria Winchester
Reporter

Ray Marshall
Labor Senate Leader

Martin Harris
Kep Enderby

John Clayton
Barry Cohen

Phillip Noyce
Director / Writer

George Miller
Director / Writer / Executive Producer

Carl Schultz
Director
Details.
Wiki.
The Dismissal is an Australian television miniseries, first screened in 1983, that dramatised the events of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis.
It was partly written and directed by the noted film makers George Miller and Phillip Noyce as well as Mad Max screenwriter Terry Hayes, with cinematography by Dean Semler.
The miniseries comprised six one-hour episodes. It was originally broadcast by Network Ten, beginning on 6 March 1983 (the day after the 1983 federal election), and was also broadcast in the United Kingdom.
It was voted the 19th-best Australian television show on the 50 Years 50 Shows list.
In the 1970s there were several attempts to make a film based on the same story called King Hit written by Erwin Rado and Bruce Grant. Phillip Noyce and Paul Cox were both attached as directors for a time.