Police State (1989 film)

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Police State
Directed by Chris Noonan
Written by Ian David
Francine Finnane
Chris Noonan
Produced byRod Allan
Starring Bill Hunter
Nick Tate
Max Phipps
Gerry Connolly
Production
companies
ABC
Southern Star
Distributed byABC
Release date
1989
Running time
90 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Police State is a 1989 Australian television film about the Fitzgerald Inquiry. [1]

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References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p124