The Coastwatchers (TV movie)

The Coastwatchers
Directed by Roger Mirams
Produced by Roger Mirams
Written by John Sherman
Starring Ken Goodlet
Cinematography Roger Mirams
Bruce McNaughton
Production
company
Pacific Film Productions
Release date
 1959
Running time
 65 mins[1]
Country Australia
Language English

The Coastwatchers was a TV docudrama about coastwatchers made in 1959 by producer Roger Mirams for Pacific Films. It starred Ken Goodlet and Kevin Colson and was written by John Sherman and directed by Mirams.

It was the pilot for a TV series that did not eventuate. However Mirams later used the ideas for the series in Spyforce (1971–72).[2]

The pilot was entitled "Operation Plum Pudding".[3]

Plot

During World War Two, Australian coastwatchers operate in New Guinea.

Cast

  • Kevin Colson
  • Ken Goodlet
  • James Okhi

Production

Roger Mirams had worked for a number of years in New Zealand. He moved to Australia to cover the 1956 Olympic Games and decided to stay. He established an Australian subsidiary of Pacific Films in Melbourne, in partnership with Chris Stewart Jim Davies. Pacific's first Australian series was The Coastwatchers. [4]

Mirams shot two half hour pilots for the series. Shooting took place on location in New Guinea.Mirams sought finance to make 26 episodes but was not successful.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "TODAY'S TV". The Canberra Times. 40, (11, 333). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 December 1965. p. 26. Retrieved 21 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Spyforce
  3. ↑ miff.com archives
  4. ↑ http://www.milesago.com/people/mirams-roger.htm
  5. ↑
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