The Legend of Fred Paterson (1996)
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.
Directors: Pat Laughren, Jonathan Dawson.
https://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/682/legend-of-fred-paterson.html
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Harold Hopkins as Fred Paterson |
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Fred Paterson as Self (archive footage) |
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John Paterson as Self |
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Jim Paterson as Self |
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Joe Bailes as Self |
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Claude Jones as Self |
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Alice Hughes as Self |
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Edgar Ross as Self |
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Frank Bishop as Self |
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George Bordujenko as Self |
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Fred Thomson as Self |
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Alby Graham as Self |
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Errol O'Neill as |
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Kevin Hides as |
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Bart Hosking as |
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Lee James as |
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David Clendenning as |
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Warwick Comber as |
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Monette Lee as |
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Cheryl Anderson as |
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Stephen Collins as |
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Robert Peppler as |
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Ray Jasch as |
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Wayne Baker as |
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Michael Taylor as |
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Ross Marsden as |
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Bernard O'Regan as |
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James Turner as |
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Paul Friedman as |
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Don Fitzgerald as |
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Garry Daveson as |
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John Flaus as Narrator (voice) |
| Production | Sarah Hicks | Production Manager |
| Lighting | John Bryden-Brown | Gaffer |
| Art | Georgina Greenhill | Art Direction |
| Directing | Chris Strewe | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Rowena Mollica | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Pete Johnson | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Paul Jones | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | John Bailey | Online Editor |
| Sound | Michael O'Rourke | Musician |
| Sound | Paul Draper | Music |
| Crew | Terry Fisher | Legal Services |
| Crew | Felicity Dawson | Thanks |
| Sound | Bruce Jacobson | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marnie Kelly | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Art | Marissa Cooke | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Malcom Jacobson | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Penny Neilson | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carolyn Nott | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Max Bannah | Thanks |
| Crew | Stuart Macintyre | Thanks |
| Camera | Brendan Williams | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Laurence Maher | Thanks |
| Production | Steve Pohlner | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Tim Mather | Thanks |
| Crew | Ken Berryman | Thanks |
| Crew | Sally Jackson | Thanks |
| Crew | Therese Collie | Thanks |
| Editing | George Burne | Archival Footage Research |
| Crew | Helen Tully | Thanks |
| Crew | Jan Cattoni | Catering |
| Crew | Kathleen Paterson | Thanks |
| Production | Eric Sankey | Production Accountant |
| Crew | Maureen Pease | Thanks |
| Crew | Tony May | Thanks |
| Crew | Gilbert Savage | Thanks |
| Crew | Beverly Symons | Thanks |
| Crew | Gulcin Cribb | Thanks |
| Editing | Glen Lewis | Archival Footage Research |
| Writing | Pat Laughren | Writer |
| Production | Mark Hamlyn | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Len Fisher | Archival Footage Research |
| Camera | Ivan Johnston | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ross Fitzgerald | Associate Producer |
| Editing | John Clements | Archival Footage Research |
| Production | Pete Johnson | Researcher |
| Editing | Wendy Lowenstein | Archival Footage Research |
| Production | Mathew Wengert | Researcher |
| Directing | Pat Laughren | Director |
| Production | Steve Pohlner | Researcher |
| Sound | Frank Millward | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Ross Fitzgerald | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Owen Johnston | Producer |
| Editing | David Huggett | Editor |
| Writing | Owen Johnston | Writer |
| Directing | Jonathan Dawson | Director |
| Writing | Jonathan Dawson | Writer |