Movie: "Spies and Lies"
| Release Date: | Jan 2010 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Runtime: | 76 min. |
| Cast: | David Aston (Cornish) James Beaumont (Semple) Kama Brown (Ngaire) Jonathon Brugh (Younger SIB Soldier) Eddie Campbell (Charlie Remmers) Mark Clare (Older SIB Soldier) Todd Emerson (Nicholls) Peter Hambleton (Prime Minister Peter Fraser) Kelson Henderson (Steven) Jason Hoyte (Martini) Murray Keane (Burly Local #1) Emma Kinane (Molly) Stephen Lovatt (Meikle) Nick Miller (Police Officer #2) Mark Mitchinson (Burly Local #2) Colin Moy (DS White) Ian Mune (Cummings) Ingrid Park (Mrs Steven) Antonia Prebble (Mavis) Cameron Rhodes (Mason) Nic Sampson (Constable Egan) John Sessions (Major Kenneth Folkes) Antony Starr (Sydney Ross) Roz Turnbull (Miss Johnson) Curtis Vowell (Police Officer #1) Edwin Wright (Cutfield) |
Storyline: Based on the book: 'The Plot to Subvert Wartime New Zealand' by Hugh Price A true story. 1942. New Zealand is at war. Times are desperate. The Japanese invasion seems imminent. At this perilous moment, confidence trickster Syd Ross completes his sentence and is released from Waikeria Prison. He makes a phone call and finds himself in front of Prime Minister Fraser. Syd tells a tale of sabotage and assassination, of a Nazi plot to take over New Zealand. Fraser contacts Major Folkes, head of the Security Intelligence Bureau. Folkes seizes on Ross' story, gives Ross a new identity, a car, money and accommodation at The Grand in Rotorua. Ross is to gather evidence on the 'Nazi plot'. As he does so, Folkes puts together a secret dossier, embroidering Ross' lies and building a picture of a country in extreme danger. SPIES AND LIES is a ripping yarn about conspiracy, incompetence, and an extraordinary hoax that challenged the highest levels of New Zealand government.
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