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Film Details - Channel 10 , 1984
Producers:
Brian Rosen
Production Companies:
K and K Productions
Director of Photography:
Louis Irving
Editors:
Sara Bennett
Production Designers:
Lawrence Eastwood
Music:
Colin Stead
Cast:
Including Timothy West (Winston Churchill), Ray Barrett (General Tom Blamey), Michael Blakemore (John Curtin), Robert Vaughan (General Douglas MacArthur), Max Cullen (Eddie Ward), Nancye Hayes (Elsie Curtin), Peter Whitford (Herbert Evatt), John Wood (Robert Menzies), and Bill Hunter (Ben Chiffley).
Release Dates:
According to Moran, 6 November 1984
Location:
- Produced in Sydney, Canberra, London, Washington, and Port Moresby (at a cost of $3.6 million).
Notes:
According to Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, 'The Last Bastion went to air very late in the ratings season but was an enormous success for the Ten Network. It gathered good reviews and a respectable critical reputation and went on to good sales in both Britain and the US.'
