The Prime Minister Is Missing (2008)

The Prime Minister Is Missing

2008

Documentary Mystery

Synopsis

With Australia at war in Vietnam in 1967, suddenly Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared without a trace—an event unparalleled in the history of western democracy. Four decades later, a coronial inquiry confirmed that Harold Holt had accidentally drowned. Some people may still believe that Holt was a spy and fled to China in a submarine. But most suspect there was more to his disappearance than has ever been revealed. Reconstructed from eyewitness accounts, this dramatised documentary tells the story of the Prime Minister's secret world in the months before he disappeared — a world of betrayal, blackmail, political treachery, a poisonous feud, mounting physical and mental strain, and near-death experiences. Featuring Normie Rowe as Harold Holt, Nicholas Hope as William McMahon and Tony Llewellyn-Jones as John McEwen, this film reveals explosive new aspects of the case.

Credits

Director

Peter Butt

Cast

David Callan as Maxwell Newton

Gloria Ajenstat as Mrs Gillespie

Helen Morse as Narrator

Kuni Hashimoto as Japanese Ambassador

Lawrence Price as Alan Stewart

Matthew O'Sullivan as Governor General Lord Casey

Michael Howlett as Martin Simpson

Nicholas Hope as William McMahon