Outpost

Outpost (1959)

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In the 1950s, an army reconnaissance group finds an enemy spy organization lurking in a coastal town in southeast China intending to collect military intelligence.

Date of release
1959-01-01
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
War
Director
Erji Guangbudao

Casting

Interesting facts

Outpost is a 1959 Australian television play about Australian soldiers in New Guinea during World War Two. It was written for television by John Cameron.

Production

John Cameron had been a sergeant in the Australian Army Signal Corps during World War Two. He served in New Guinea at Wanagila, where a secret airstrip was being made in preparation for an attack on Japanese-held Buna, 40 miles away.

Cameron was working as a supervisor of facilities at the ABC in Melbourne at the ABC. He had been involved with theatre since his says at university and said he had the story in mind for many years but was prompted to write it when he heard about the shortage of TV scripts and decided to write his own. It took him eight weekends over June and July and he submitted it under a pen name, "John Alexander".

The production was performed "live" in a Melbourne studio, with the exception of a jungle sequence, which was pre-recorded. It was the first TV performance for Dennis Miller. The director was Chris Muir, made it just before he filmed Albert Herring for the ABC. Muir said he liked the play's "economy of dialogue and mounting tension."

Kunai grass was imported for use in the show. Bananas were bought especially from Queensland. The Australian Army provided firearms including Owen guns, Tommy guns and rifles

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