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The Great Mint Swindle
''The Great Mint Swindle'' is a 2012 Australian television film directed by Geoff Bennett and starring Grant Bowler, Todd Lasance and Josh Quong Tart. It is based on the Perth Mint Swindle which took place in the 1980s. Plot summary In the beginning of the 1980s boom in Western Australia, the Mickelberg brothers Ray (Grant Bowler), Peter (Todd Lasance) and Brian (Josh Quong Tart) spend their days looking for adventure and finding new ways to earn money. One day, they are accused of stealing 49 gold bars from a mint in Perth and selling them to tycoon Alan Bond (David Meadows). For 20 years, the fight to clear the Mickelberg brothers of a crime that they didn't commit goes on which to this day remains unsolved. Cast * Grant Bowler as Ray Mickelberg * Todd Lasance as Peter Mickelberg * Josh Quong Tart as Brian Mickelberg * Shane Bourne as Don Hancock * John Batchelor as Tony Lewandowski * Maya Stange as Sheryl Mickelberg * Caroline McKenzie as Peg Mickelberg * Abby Earl as Diana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Cribb
Reginald Cribb is an Australian playwright and actor. Early life Cribb graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art at the University of New South Wales in 1990 and his first play, Night of the Sea Monkey, was performed in 1999. Plays Cribb's plays include: * The Return (adapted to the film Last Train to Freo) * Last Cab to Darwin * Gulpilil * The Chatroom * Ruby's Last Dollar, an adaptation of Uncle Vanya * Unaustralia * Mt Ragged * Night of the Sea Monkey * Krakouer * Country Song, a play about Australian indigenous singer and musician Jimmy Little performed by the Queensland Theatre Company at the Cremorne Theatre at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (August 2015) * Thomas Murray and the Upside Down River, a play about a man ravaged by drought, family secrets and love performed by the Griffin Theatre in January 2016 then touring nationally in 2018 With Rachel Perkins, Cribb co-wrote the screenplay for the movie Bran Nue Dae based on the 1989 sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Batchelor (actor)
John David Batchelor (born 25 September 1969) is a Singaporean-born Australian television and film actor. He is most known for portraying Chief Petty Officer Marine Technical (CPOMT) / Chief Engineer Andy 'Charge' Thorpe on the Australian drama series ''Sea Patrol'', and Peeto in the Australian feature film '' Red Dog''. Career Batchelor graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1992. Besides portraying Andy 'Charge' Thorpe on ''Sea Patrol'', Batchelor has had guest roles on '' All Saints'', '' Water Rats'', '' Stingers'', and ''Murder Call''. He appeared in the 2003 films, ''Inspector Gadget 2'' and ''Danny Deckchair'', and in the 2008 film ''The Tender Hook''. Batchelor also had a minor role as a bodyguard in the Australian comedy film ''Fat Pizza''. In 2011, Batchelor starred as Peeto in the Australian film '' Red Dog'' and also portrayed the heart wrenching Wally Tomlinson, associate of underworld f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Crime Drama Films
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Australian Drama Television Films
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania *Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Western Australia
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Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon (company), Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Gold Swindle
''The Great Gold Swindle'' is a 1984 Australian TV movie based on the Perth Mint Swindle. It was shot on location in Perth.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p71 Plot In 1982, the brothers Mickelberg are accused of robbing 49 gold bars from a mint in Perth, Western Australia. Cast * John Hargreaves as Ray Mickelberg *Tony Rickards as Peter Mickelberg * Robert Hughes as Brian Mickelberg * Steve Jodrell as Chris Hunt *Margaret Ford as Peggy Mickelberg *Will Day as Malcolm Mickelberg *Rosemary Harrison as Sheryl Mickelberg *Elaine Baillie as Faye Mickelberg See also *''The Great Mint Swindle ''The Great Mint Swindle'' is a 2012 Australian television film directed by Geoff Bennett and starring Grant Bowler, Todd Lasance and Josh Quong Tart. It is based on the Perth Mint Swindle which took place in the 1980s. Plot summary In the b ...'', a 2012 telemovie about the mint swindle References External links * Australian dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abby Earl
Abby Earl (born 15 February 1989) is an Australian actress. She played Anna Bligh in the television drama '' A Place to Call Home''. She was nominated for the "Most Popular New Talent" Logie Award The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the ... for that role. Filmography References Australian television actresses Living people 1989 births {{Australia-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline McKenzie
Caroline McKenzie is an Australian stage and screen actress. She is a member of the theatre and dance faculty at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University. Television Her television work includes Ship to Shore, The Shark Net and The Sleepover Club. Theatre Her theatre work includes: *The 20s and All That Jazz, The Cherry Orchard, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Fen and Safety in Numbers for The Hole in the Wall Theatre. *Godspell, Chicago, The Jack the Ripper Show, On Our Selection, A Chorus of Disapproval, Company and Barnum for The Playhouse Theatre (Perth) (productions broadcast on Australian National Theatre Live). * The Philadelphia Story for Sydney Theatre Company. * The Man From Mukinupin for Q Theatre. *Ridin' High (as Ethel Merman) for Griffin Theatre Company. * Face to Face (on tour around Australia and Brazil) and The Turning for Perth Theatre Company. *The Crucible for the Black Swan State Theatre Company *Coram Boy ''Coram Boy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Stange
Maya Stange is an Australian television and film actress known for starring roles in the films ''In a Savage Land'', ''Garage Days'' and ''XX/XY''. She also had recurring roles on the TV series ''Love Child (TV series), Love Child'' and ''A Place to Call Home (TV series), A Place to Call Home''. She was born in Perth, Western Australia. Filmography Film Television References External links * Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Actresses from Perth, Western Australia {{Australia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained city statu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Bourne
Shane Bourne (born 24 November 1949 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and television host. Career 1970s Co-founded Australian band Bandicoot with Mick Fettes (formerly of the band Madder Lake). They released a self-titled album in 1976 with a top-100 single "Living off the Radio". 1980s–1999 Bourne was a well-known comedic face throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with an acting role on the Australian version of the British sitcom, ''Are You Being Served?'' (in 1980 and 1981). He had regular appearances on the variety program ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' (1988–1994) in various sketches, but mainly appeared on the ''Great Aussie Joke'' segment. He starred in the short-lived sitcom '' Bingles'' in 1992 and 1993. In 1996, Bourne hosted a revived '' Blankety Blanks'', which lasted only two seasons. He also had dramatic roles; he was in 3 episodes of the drama series ''Prisoner'' in the early 1980s as 3 different guest roles. He had a guest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
