Call Me Mr. Brown (1985)
THE PLOT: Extortion. THE PLUNDER: $500,000 in cash. THE PAYOFF: A wild spending spree. THE STORY: The Great Plane Robbery.
Based on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story of Peter Macari alias Mr. Brown. Under a grand extortion scam, he steals $500,000 in cash from Australian airlines company Qantas. This begins the start of a major international manhunt to catch a thief who is now living the high life from the spoils of his heist.
- Date of release
- 1985-12-31
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Scott Hicks
Casting
- Chris Haywood — Peter Macari
- Bill Hunter — McNeill
- John Polson — Brian Day
- Vincent Ball — Captain Ritchie
- John Frawley — Captain Howson
- Russell Kiefel — Ray Poynting
- Edwin Hodgeman — Bill Harding
- Max Cullen
- Michael Griffin — Venebles
Interesting facts
Call Me Mr. Brown is a 1986 Australian movie based on the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax, written and directed by South Australian director Scott Hicks.
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