Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away

Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away is an Australian made-for-television movie that aired on 21 February 2011 on the Nine Network. It is the third of four television movies in the Underbelly Files series, the other three being Tell Them Lucifer was Here, Infiltration,^[1] and Chopper. It recounts the true story of British-Australian drug smuggler David McMillan, the only man ever to escape from Bangkok's Klong Prem prison.

Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away
Genre	Crime drama
Written by	Kris Mrksa
Directed by	Cherie Nowlan
Starring	Toby Schmitz Claire van der Boom Jeremy Sims Aaron Jeffery
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Peter Gawler Elisa Argenzio
Running time	88 minutes
Production company	Screentime
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	21 February 2011 (2011-02-21)
Related
Underbelly Files: Infiltration Underbelly Files: Chopper

Synopsis

The Man Who Got Away tells the true story of British-Australian drug smuggler David McMillan. McMillan came from a privileged background, but chose a life of crime, which put him on Interpol's Top Ten Most Wanted list. The love of his life was also his partner in crime, Clelia Vigano. Together McMillan and Vigano were an unstoppable force, or so they thought.

Cast

• Toby Schmitz as David McMillan
• Claire van der Boom as Clelia Vigano
• Jeremy Sims as Tony Moynihan
• Aaron Jeffery as Geoff Leyland
• Brendan Cowell as Benny O'Connell
• Josh Lawson as Michael Sullivan
• Heather Mitchell as Rose McMillan
• Toby Wallace as David Junior^[2]
• Roger Oakley as Customs Officer
• David Tredinnick as Peter Howard
• John Orcsik as Ferdi Vigani
• Ian Meadows as DS Tim Fry
• Kate Mulvany as DC Kate Mariner
• Nicholas Brown as Supahaus Chowdury
• Freya Stafford as AFP Inspector Andrea Pascoe
• Nicholas Eadie as Father John Brosnan
• Aaron Jakubenko as Cop #1
• William Zappa as Jack Jacobs
• Deidre Rubenstein (uncredited)

Ratings

The Man Who Got Away aired on 21 February 2011 at 8:30pm and attracted an audience of 1.015 million viewers which ranked it the #9 rating show for that night.^[3] However it was down from the previous two Underbelly telemovies and is the lowest figure for a Underbelly telemovie or episode of the shows franchise.^[4]