The Great Mint Swindle

TV Movie
2012
PG-13
1h 32m

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Based on a true story, three Australian brothers become embroiled in a scam by selling a fake gold nugget to a tycoon.Based on a true story, three Australian brothers become embroiled in a scam by selling a fake gold nugget to a tycoon.Based on a true story, three Australian brothers become embroiled in a scam by selling a fake gold nugget to a tycoon.

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7.0/10

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Trivia
The bank scene was filmed at Gloucester Park, East Perth WA across the road from the WACA. The location manager found the location by luck after the previous best choice of the WACA was rejected for appearing 'too modern'.

Goofs
The Fremantle prison admission is wrong. Prisoners are actually first taken through "reception" where they change to prison greens, not straight into the prison block as seen in this movie.

Crazy credits
During the initial part of the end credits, the real Peter and Ray Mickelberg are shown, commenting on their experiences.

Connections
Remake of Les mercenaires de l'or (1984)

Soundtracks
Stay Young
Written By Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss
Performed By INXS

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8/10

The great WA police swindle

The fact a totally inaccurate movie (The Great Gold Swindle) was produced not long after the Mickleberg brothers had been conveniently stitched up and incarcerated, and were in the midst of appealing their sentences in a completely corrupt environment, cannot have served their cause well. In fact, this movie probably should have referenced it as such.

Albeit, the first movie was more about how the crime was committed. This superior version, with the benefit of time and the truth having been exposed, virtually serves as a part 2 that picks up on the aftermath that was actually more intricate and interesting.

Shane Bourne plays the dodgy high ranking cop brilliantly, with Grant Bowler as Ray Mickelberg the other standout.

Watch for two of the surviving brothers having their say during the end credits. Really, had this occurred in one of the eastern states, it would have been a far more notorious and notable chapter in the annals of Australian history.