Nickel Queen (1971)

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Nickel Queen is a 1971 Australian comedy film starring Googie Withers and directed by her husband John McCallum. The story was loosely based on the Poseidon bubble, a nickel boom in Western Australia in the late 1960s, and tells of an outback pub owner who stakes a claim and finds herself an overnight millionaire.

Production

The original story was co-written by Henry James, an Australian journalist who had worked in England since the 1930s. It was inspired by the 1969–70 Poseidon nickel boom in Western Australia. British film producer Sydney Box, who had retired to Perth, sent a copy of the script to John McCallum who had just finished making the TV series Barrier Reef and was interesting in moving back into features.

Shooting started in November 1970 and took place in Perth and in the mining town of Broad Arrow. The film was full of plugs for companies which helped finance the film and cameos from West Australian politicians, including Premier Sir David Brand and Minister for Industrial Development Charles Court.

Radio personality John Laws was cast in the lead after impressing John McCallum with his performance in an episode of the TV series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. Alfred Sandor came out to Australia to play opposite Googie Withers in Plaza Suite and decided to stay.

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