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.