Call Me Mr. Brown is a 1986 Australian movie based on the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax,Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p22"Mr Brown' and riddle of the man who just vanished By Richard Macey", The Sydney Morning Herald 25 May 2002, accessed 22 June 2013 written and directed by South Australian director Scott Hicks.
Plot In the true story of Australia's 'Great Plane Robbery', petty criminal Peter Marcari, using the pseudonym 'Mr Brown', extorts $500,000 from Australia's national airline Qantas, by threatening to blow up Flight 755 from Sydney to Hong Kong on 26 May 1971. After making a clean getaway, an international manhunt begins.
Cast Chris Haywood as Peter Macari John Polson as Brian Day Vincent Ball as Captain Ritchie John Frawley as Captain Howson Bill Hunter as Detective Sergeant ‘Jim’ Jack McNeill Russell Kiefel as Ray Poynting Max Cullen as Fibreglass Factory Foreman John Noble as Geoff Fraser Ken Goodlet as Captain Selwyn Edwin Hodgeman as Bill Harding Leo Taylor as Major Morrison Lyn Collingwood as Woman Caller at Phone Box
Also in credits Brenton Whittle as Qantas Official 2 Grant Piro as Mt Isa Miner Damon Herriman as Bowser Boy Stuart McCreery Huw Williams Robert Newman Damien Wiseman Michael Norman Patrick Frost Celine Griffin Tony Allison Adrian Shirley Henry Salter
Release Qantas actively tried to stop the film being made and despite failing to do so, Network 10, which had invested A$250,000 in the film, refrained from airing it. The film was eventually released on video in 1990.
See also Cinema of Australia
References
External links
Call Me Mr. Brown at Oz Movies