"The story of Fred Paterson, member for Bowen in the Queensland parliament in the 1940s and the only Communist Party member ever elected to any Australian parliament."
Harold Hopkins
as Fred Paterson
Fred Paterson
as Self (archive footage)
John Paterson
as Self
Jim Paterson
Joe Bailes
Claude Jones
Alice Hughes
Edgar Ross
Frank Bishop
George Bordujenko
Fred Thomson
Alby Graham
Errol O'Neill
as
Kevin Hides
Bart Hosking
Lee James
David Clendenning
Warwick Comber
Monette Lee
Cheryl Anderson
Stephen Collins
Robert Peppler
Ray Jasch
Wayne Baker
Michael Taylor
Ross Marsden
Bernard O'Regan
James Turner
Paul Friedman
Don Fitzgerald
Garry Daveson
John Flaus
as Narrator (voice)
Bruce Jacobson
Sound Mixer
John Bailey
Online Editor
Michael O'Rourke
Musician
Kathleen Paterson
Thanks
John Bryden-Brown
Gaffer
Sarah Hicks
Production Manager
Paul Jones
Sound Recordist
Steve Pohlner
Production Assistant
Carolyn Nott
Makeup Artist
Chris Strewe
First Assistant Director
Marnie Kelly
Assistant Makeup Artist
Jan Cattoni
Catering
Malcom Jacobson
Sound Editor
Eric Sankey
Production Accountant
Felicity Dawson
Brendan Williams
Assistant Camera
Paul Draper
Music
Penny Neilson
Wardrobe Coordinator
Pete Johnson
Rowena Mollica
Marissa Cooke
Assistant Art Director
Terry Fisher
Legal Services
Georgina Greenhill
Art Direction
Laurence Maher
Tim Mather
Ken Berryman
Max Bannah
Beverly Symons
George Burne
Archival Footage Research
Gulcin Cribb
Maureen Pease
Gilbert Savage
Stuart Macintyre
Helen Tully
Therese Collie
Tony May
Sally Jackson
Len Fisher
Glen Lewis
Researcher
Wendy Lowenstein
Mathew Wengert
Owen Johnston
Producer
Mark Hamlyn
Executive Producer
Frank Millward
Original Music Composer
Ross Fitzgerald
Associate Producer
John Clements
Pat Laughren
Director
David Huggett
Editor
Ivan Johnston
Director of Photography
Writer
Consulting Producer
Jonathan Dawson