| Genre | drama serial |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 mins (9:00 pm – 9:30 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 2UE |
| Starring | Bruce Stewart |
| Written by | Morris West |
| Produced by | Gordon Glenwright |
| Original release | 1955 |
| No. of series | 1 |
The White Rabbit is a 1955 Australian radio serial by Morris West based on book The White Rabbit about F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas. It starred Bruce Stewart.
West also did radio adaptations of war related books The Dam Busters, The Great Escape and Reach for the Sky.
Premise
"The true story of Wing Commander Yeo - Thomas, G.C., M.C., and who in private life was a dress designer, and who, more than any other man, was responsible for forming the French Resistance Movement, suffering perhaps more than any man tn tne hands of the Nazis."
Cast
- David Nettheim as Narrator
- Nigel Lovell as Colonel Pasé
- Lionel Stevens as Brossolette
- Betty Lucas as José
- Bruce Stewart / Ray Barrett as Yeo-Thomas
- Lynne Murphy as Barbara
- Max Osbiston as Hutchison
- Ken Fraser as Hubble
- Leonard Teale as Jerome
- Ward Leopold as Rudi
- Derrick Barnes as Frasé
- Harvey Adams as Ding Shuler
- David Eadie as Balachowsky
- Roger Climpson as Kogan
- Diana Perryman
- Ron Whelan
- Moray Powell
References
- ABC Weekly, vol. 17, Sydney, 20 August 1955, retrieved 17 December 2023 – via Trove
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "'Dam Busters' From 5 AD tomorrow". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 96, no. 29, 794. South Australia. 10 April 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 13 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Advertising". The Daily News. Vol. LXXIII, no. 24, 511. Western Australia. 16 June 1955. p. 3 (FINAL). Retrieved 17 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.