The Siege of Pinchgut

Movie Poster, the Seige of Pinchgut, 1959 Colour lithograph, 77 x 34 cm. Linen-backed., Text includes 'An escaped convict...in his gun-sights a shipload of dynamite...and the city of Sydney! His terms, freedom or annihilation!' Filmed in Australia. An Ealing film. Directed by Harry Watt. Associate Producer Eric Williams. Screenplay by Harry Watt and Jon Cleary., Distrib. by Warner Bros., The Siege of Pinchgut (released in the Us as Four Desperate Men) is a thriller filmed on location in Sydney. It was the last film produced by Ealing Studios, and was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival where it was nominated for the Golden Bear Award. It was not a success at the box office however, the film's reputation has risen in recent years: Quentin Tarantino screened it at the Quentin Tarantino Film Festival in Texas, and in 2006 it was restored by the National Film and Sound Archive. It has historical value, depicting postwar Sydney, its harbour foreshore and the remains of the Fort Macquarie Tram Depot which was being demolished for construction of the Sydney Opera House.