12 Apr 2021
Synonymous With
A student's increasingly intimate line of questioning causes his interview with a local horror host to take a vulnerable turn.
Hollywood Ten, Melbourne One
In 1950 in the USA ten communist filmmakers were jailed. The same year Frank Hardy faced a long prison sentence in Australia for writing a novel. An experiment in documentary form working in the border region between narrative/fiction and documentary/fact.
Top Billed Cast
Frank Hardy Self
John F. Howard Ross Franklyn
Rhonda Wilson 1st Academic
Bruce Knappert Alan Hall
David Gray TV Reporter
Susie Fraser 2nd Academic
Monty Maizels Ross Franklyn
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