Cirrus@Austlit

'John O’Malley and John Cazabon play the roles of two reporters in Unexpected Story. They aid the flight of a runaway princess from the man she doesn't want to marry. Lou Vernon as chief of police tries to recapture her.'

Source: 'Calls for Silence', ABC Weekly, 20 July 1946, p.17.

'It tells the exciting story of an elderly Czech scientist, who with his daughter is being forced to remain in occupied Czechoslovakia in order to work for the Nazi war machine. With the help of a young Australian they manage to escape to Australia where the professor resumes his experiments. In the meantime the German War Office has despatched a Gestapo officer to travel to Australia and bring the scientist back to Germany, by force.'

Source:

'The Power and the Glory', Singleton Argus, 22 September 1941, p.2.

A mystery thriller adapted from a story by Captain T. D. Bairnsfather, of Station 2KY, concerning ten people shipwrecked on an island in the South Pacific, one of whom is a murderer, and another a detective. The ship's captain is the only one amongst them who knows this person's identity but he has lost his memory.

The critical reception for the film was less than positive, with one review indicating that while 'the story presents good dramatic possibilities… the opportunity seems to have passed by. Suspense is lacking, and neither the action nor the players themselves do very much to provide it' (Sydney Morning Herald 8 March 1937, p.4).