The Prime Minister Is Missing

The Prime Minister Is Missing

55 mins | Documentary, Mystery | Oct. 29, 2008

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.

The Prime Minister Is Missing

55 mins | Documentary, Mystery | Oct. 29, 2008

The Prime Minister Is Missing
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.
Producers Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Original title The Prime Minister Is Missing
Directors Peter Butt, Ian Astridge
Writers Peter Butt

Cast

Helen Morse

as Narrator

Normie Rowe

as Harold Holt

Nicholas Hope

as William McMahon

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

as John McEwen

Matthew O'Sullivan

as Governor General Lord Casey

Gloria Ajenstat

as Mrs Gillespie

David Callan

as Maxwell Newton

Kuni Hashimoto

as Japanese Ambassador

Lawrence Price

as Alan Stewart

Michael Howlett

as Martin Simpson