| Director: | John Power |
| Producer: | John Power |
| Starring: | Don Crosby John Meillon Martin Vaughan Peter Gwynne |
| Music: | Richard Connolly |
| Cinematography: | Geoff Burrowes |
| Editor: | Stewart Young |
| Network: | ABC |
| Company: | ABC |
| Released: | (Sydney) |
| Released2: | (Melbourne) |
| Runtime: | 90 mins |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
Escape from Singapore is a 1973 Australian TV dramatised documentary about General Gordon Bennett and his escape from Singapore in World War II.[1]
It was a number of dramatised documentaries Power made for Australian TV. He spent ten months researching it, accessing papers provided by Bennett's widow. Power said "I was interested in the dilemma of a man, an undoubtedly a brave man, facing a great personal crisis... should he or should he not leave his troops?.. It goes down as one of the great crises in Australian history."[2]
The film won Best Documentary at the 1974 TV Week Logie Awards.[3]
The show was repeated in 1975.[4]
The Sun Herald praised it saying "a medal for this one."[5]
The Bulletin said "It deserves a massive audience... smooth, compelling and totally involving. "