A con man walks into the Prime Minister's office and nearly starts a civil war. True story.
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.
Acting
Antony Starr's slippery charisma before he became Homelander
Production
Period Auckland recreated on a budget that somehow works
Director
Simon Bennett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Syd Ross was illiterate; all his 'intelligence' came from overhearing guards and reading discarded newspapers.
This incident led to New Zealand's only sedition trial of WWII — against the people who believed Ross, not Ross himself. The establishment closed ranks hard.
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