The True Believers - Season 1 Episode 7
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Season - Episode
Overview
Doc Evatt is elected Opposition Leader after Chifley's tragic death, but the odds are stacked against him. Menzies uses the Communist menace as a stick to beat him and milks the Petrov affair for all it's worth.
Year 1988
Studio ABC TV
Director
Crew Tony Conolly (Cinematography), Bob Ellis (Writer), Stephen O'Rourke (Line Producer), Richard A. Bond Jr. (Cinematography), John Lonie (Writer), Peter Knevitt (Cinematography)
Popularity 1.1911
Language English


























