The story of Fred Paterson, member for Bowen in the Queensland parliament in the 1940s and the only Communist Party member ever elected to any Australian parliament.
Cast
Harold Hopkins
Fred Paterson
Fred Paterson
Self (archive footage)
John Paterson
Self
Jim Paterson
Self
Joe Bailes
Self
Claude Jones
Self
Alice Hughes
Self
Edgar Ross
Self
Frank Bishop
Self
George Bordujenko
Self
Fred Thomson
Self
Alby Graham
Self
Errol O'Neill
Unknown
Kevin Hides
Unknown
Bart Hosking
Unknown
Lee James
Unknown
David Clendenning
Unknown
Warwick Comber
Unknown
Monette Lee
Unknown
Cheryl Anderson
Unknown
Stephen Collins
Unknown
Robert Peppler
Unknown
Ray Jasch
Unknown
Wayne Baker
Unknown
Michael Taylor
Unknown
Ross Marsden
Unknown
Bernard O'Regan
Unknown
James Turner
Unknown
Paul Friedman
Unknown
Don Fitzgerald
Unknown
Garry Daveson
Unknown
John Flaus
Narrator (voice)
Crew
Pat Laughren
Director, Writer
Jonathan Dawson
Director, Writer
Owen Johnston
Writer, Producer
David Huggett
Editor
John Bailey
Online Editor
Ivan Johnston
Director of Photography
Chris Strewe
First Assistant Director
Mark Hamlyn
Executive Producer
Ross Fitzgerald
Associate Producer, Consulting Producer
Pete Johnson
Production Assistant, Researcher
Steve Pohlner
Production Assistant, Researcher
Rowena Mollica
Assistant Camera
Brendan Williams
Assistant Camera
Penny Neilson
Wardrobe Coordinator
Marnie Kelly
Assistant Makeup Artist
Carolyn Nott
Makeup Artist
Marissa Cooke
Assistant Art Director
Malcom Jacobson
Sound Editor
Bruce Jacobson
Sound Mixer
Paul Jones
Sound Recordist
Frank Millward
Original Music Composer
Michael O'Rourke
Musician
Paul Draper
Music
Eric Sankey
Production Accountant
George Burne
Archival Footage Research
Len Fisher
Archival Footage Research
Glen Lewis
Archival Footage Research
Wendy Lowenstein
Archival Footage Research
John Clements
Archival Footage Research
John Bryden-Brown
Gaffer
Sarah Hicks
Production Manager
Mathew Wengert
Researcher
Jan Cattoni
Catering
Terry Fisher
Legal Services
Georgina Greenhill
Art Direction
Kathleen Paterson
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Felicity Dawson
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Laurence Maher
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Tim Mather
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Max Bannah
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Sally Jackson
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Beverly Symons
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Stuart Macintyre
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Gilbert Savage
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Tony May
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Therese Collie
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Ken Berryman
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Gulcin Cribb
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Helen Tully
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Maureen Pease
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