Menzies and Churchill at War

Menzies and Churchill at War
Directed by	Steve Jodrell
Written by	John Moore Michael Cummins Steve Jodrell
Produced by	John Moore
Starring	Matthew King Charles 'Bud' Tingwell Dennis Coard Margot Knight
Cinematography	Darrell Martin
Edited by	Steven Robinson
Music by	John Clifford White
Release date	2008 (2008)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Menzies and Churchill at War is an Australian TV documentary film broadcast on the ABC on 30 October 2008. ^[1] It tells the story of Robert Menzies's trip to England in 1941 to try convince Winston Churchill to shore up Australia's defences. ^[2] It was based on David Day's book of the same name. ^[3] It mixes together archival footage, including footage taken by Menzies himself, with re-enactments. ^[4]

Cast

• Matthew King as Robert Menzies
• Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as Winston Churchill
• Dennis Coard as Fred Shedden
• Margot Knight as Dame Pattie Menzies
• Chris Waters as Lord Beaverbrook
• Ian McTear as Archibald Sinclair
• Richard Askin as Colin Bednall
• Adam Crouch as Rab Butler
• John Dicks as Alexander Cadogan
• William Gluth as Maurice Hankey
• Simon Rogers as Lord Cranborne
• Noel Herriman as Clement Attlee
• Barry Friedlander as General Dill
• Tim Hughes as Anthony Eden
• Peter Nicholls as Admiral Pound
• Tim Bell as Sir Kingsley Wood
• Jennifer Vuletic as Narrator

References

1. Galer, Kit (30 October 2008), "Menzies had a word or two about Winston Churchill", Herald Sun
2. Blundell, Graeme (25 October 2008), "History in pictures", The Weekend Australian
3. Stewart, Cameron (25 October 2008), "In the cabinet with Churchill", The Weekend Australian
4. Elliott, Tim (27 October 2008), "At war with Winston", The Sydney Morning Herald

External links

• Menzies and Churchill at War at IMDb
• Menzies and Churchill at War at 360 Degree Films