The Siege of Pinchgut is a 1959 British thriller film directed by Harry Watt

Harry Watt (director)

Harry Watt was a Scottish documentary and feature film director, who began his career working for John Grierson and Robert Flaherty. His 1959 film The Siege of Pinchgut was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival...

. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival

9th Berlin International Film Festival

The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 7, 1959.-Jury:* Robert Aldrich * Johan Jacobsen* Charles Ford* John Bryan* Ignazio Tranquilli* Shigueo Miyata* Wali Eddine Sameh* O. E...

. It was the last film from Ealing Studios.

Plot

A group of escaped convicts seize Fort Dennison in Sydney Harbour. The island has working coast artillery

Artillery

Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...

 guns on it that they use to threaten Sydney until their demands. However, unbeknownst to the authorities, the convicts can not access the shells that are locked away in the fort.

Production

This was the last of several films made in Australia after World War II

World War II

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 by Ealing Studios

Ealing Studios

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Cast

• Aldo Ray
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   - Matt Kirk
• Heather Sears
  Heather Sears
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   - Ann Fulton
• Neil McCallum
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   - Johnny Kirk
• Victor Maddern
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   - Bert
• Carlo Giustini - Luke (as Carlo Justini)
• Alan Tilvern
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   - Superintendent Hanna
• Barbara Mullen
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   - Mrs Fulton
• Gerry Duggan - Pat Fulton
• Kenneth J. Warren
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   - Police Commissioner (as Kenneth Warren)
• Grant Taylor
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   - Constable Macey
• Deryck Barnes - Sergeant Drake (as Derek Barnes)
• Richard Vernon
  Richard Vernon
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   - Under Secretary
• Ewan MacDuff - Naval Captain
• Martin Boddey
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   - Brigadier
• Max Robertson
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   - Motorcycle Policeman
• John Pusey - Small Boy
• Fred Abbott - Constable
• Jock Levy - Policeman