Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

59min

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Crime

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera - either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he was dead from the effects of drugs and alcohol by the time he was only 50 & the myths live on. But there is another side of Flynn that is less well known - his ambitions to be a serious writer and newspaper correspondent, his documentary films and his interest in the Spanish Civil War and Castro's Cuba

Production Companies

Flaming Star Films

Lowlands Media

Film Victoria

BBC

AVRO Television

ZDF/Arte

Australian Film Finance Corporation

TVO

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Cast

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Narrator (voice)
Jeffrey Meyers

Jeffrey Meyers

Self - Biographer
John Hammond Moore

John Hammond Moore

Self - Biographer
Peter Valenti

Peter Valenti

Self - Biographer
Lincoln Hurst

Lincoln Hurst

Self - Film Historian
Vincent Sherman

Vincent Sherman

Self - Film Director & Friend
Ila Andrews

Ila Andrews

Self - School Friend
Kathryn Medlock

Kathryn Medlock

Self - Zoologist
Kathryn Medlock

Kathryn Medlock

Self - Zoologist, Tasmanian Museum
Jack Marino

Jack Marino

Self - Actor
Christopher Stollery

Christopher Stollery

Additional Voices
Nell Feeney

Nell Feeney

Additional Voices
Gary Files

Gary Files

Additional Voices
Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn

Self (archive footage)
Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Self (archive footage)
Steve Allen

Steve Allen

Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)
Charles Chauvel

Charles Chauvel

Self (archive footage)
Lili Damita

Lili Damita

Self (archive footage)

Release date

17th Oct 2007

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English