''The Great Gold Swindle'' is a 1984 Australian TV movie based on the
Perth Mint Swindle
The Perth Mint Swindle is the popular name for the robbery of 49 gold bars weighing from the Perth Mint in Western Australia on 22 June 1982. The bullion was valued at A$653,000 at that time (2011:$2.02 million). , the value of the of gold woul ...
. 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
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 i ...
.
Cast
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John Hargreaves as Ray Mickelberg
*Tony Rickards as Peter Mickelberg
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Robert Hughes as Brian Mickelberg
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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
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Australian drama television films
1984 television films
1984 films
Perth Mint Swindle
Australian crime drama films
Films directed by John Power
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