The Great Mint Swindle (2012)

Directors

Geoff Bennett

Cast

Shane Bourne

The story

In the beginning of the 1980s boom in Western Australia, the Mickelberg brothers Ray (Grant Bowler), Peter (Todd Lasance) and Brian (Josh Quong Tart) spend their days looking for adventure and finding new ways to earn money. They purchase gold bars from the Perth Mint, with which they fabricate a gold nugget, dubbed the "Yellow Rose of Texas", which is purchased by tycoon Alan Bond (David Meadows) for substantially more than its gold value. They are subsequently convicted of the unconnected theft of 49 gold bars from the Perth Mint, purchased by forged bank cheques.

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