Billy and Percy

Billy and Percy is a 1974 Australian docudrama based on the relationship between Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his private secretary Percy Deane during World War I. It was based primarily on Deane's diaries.[1][2]

Billy and Percy
Directed byJohn Power
Produced byJohn Power
Written byJohn Power
Based onjournals of Percy Deane
StarringMartin Vaughan
Harold Hopkins
Distributed byABC
Release date
1974
Running time
70 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Reception

John Power won an AFI award for best director.[3]

Awards

References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p14
  2. "Billy and Percy (1974)". Australian Screen: An NFSA Website. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. Power, Julie and Michael (25 February 2016). "Obituary: John Power 1930-2016". The Maitland Mercury. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. "SA feature top Australian film". The Canberra Times. 24 March 1975. p. 7. Retrieved 7 August 2013 via National Library of Australia.


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