Nickel Queen is a 1971 Australian comedy film starring Googie Withers and directed by her husband John McCallum.
[2] The story was loosely based on the Poseidon bubble, a nickel boom in Western Australia in the late 1960s, and tells of an outback pub owner who stakes a claim and finds herself an overnight millionaire.
Corrupt American mining executive Ed Benson starts the rumour of a nickel discovery to sell shares to gullible investors.
British film producer Sydney Box, who had retired to Perth, sent a copy of the script to John McCallum who had just finished making the TV series Barrier Reef and was interesting in moving back into features.
[7] Alfred Sandor came out to Australia to play opposite Googie Withers in Plaza Suite and decided to stay.