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Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> |
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> |
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The son of Mrs Smith (nee Maggie Wishart) is about to marry a doctor's daughter. A press baron, Sir Hugo, arrives who thirty years ago covered a trial where Maggie cut up her mother and father. Maggie claims she's innocent... but is she telling the truth? |
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*Joan Miller |
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*Kenneth Burgess as Rev. Alfred Combermere |
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*Moira Carleton as Goodie McIntire |
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*Patsy King as Janet |
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*Clement McCallin as Sir Hugo |
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*Joan Miller as Mrs. Smith |
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*Frederick Parslow as Robert |
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The ''Bulletin'' called it "lunacy... most of the cast borrowed their dramatics from a time when over acting for the silents set the universal style... a fusty, trivial play. Condemnation must extend to those who accepted it as suitable for television, billed it as a thriller, designed a set that dominated most of the action, and made this worse by camera work that frequently gave the setting nine-tenths of the picture.".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Frank|last=Roberts|magazine=The Bulletin|page=56|title=LOOK HOMEWARD PIGEON |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-688878047|date=16 June 1962}}</ref> |
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The ''Bulletin'' called it "lunacy".<ref>{{Citation |
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Revision as of 00:10, 19 January 2020
| "Suspect" | |
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| The General Motors Hour episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Ian Jones |
| Teleplay by | Peter Cotes |
| Produced by | Peter Cotes |
| Original air dates | 3 June 1962 (Sydney, Melbourne)[1] 7 October 1962 (Brisbane, Adelaide)[2] |
| Running time | 90 mins |
| Guest appearance | |
| Joan Miller | |
Suspect is a 1961 Australian television play. It was originally made for HSV-7 then presented as part of the General Motors Hour It was produced by Peter Cotes, who had made Long Distance. [3]
Cotes adapted the play Suspect by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham which was based on the Sandyford murder case.
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]
Plo
The son of Mrs Smith (nee Maggie Wishart) is about to marry a doctor's daughter. A press baron, Sir Hugo, arrives who thirty years ago covered a trial where Maggie cut up her mother and father. Maggie claims she's innocent... but is she telling the truth?
Cast
- Joan Miller as Mrs Smith
- Kenneth Burgess as Rev. Alfred Combermere
- Moira Carleton as Goodie McIntire
- Michael Duffield as Dr. Rendle
- Patsy King as Janet
- Clement McCallin as Sir Hugo
- Frederick Parslow as Robert
- Bettina Welch as Lady Const
Production
The play had been adapted for US TV in 1948[5] and 1952[6] and for British TV in 1939,[7] 1946[8] and 1958.
The show starred Cotes' wife, Joan Miller, who had performed in the play on British TV for the BBC in 1958.[9]
Reception
The Bulletin called it "lunacy... most of the cast borrowed their dramatics from a time when over acting for the silents set the universal style... a fusty, trivial play. Condemnation must extend to those who accepted it as suitable for television, billed it as a thriller, designed a set that dominated most of the action, and made this worse by camera work that frequently gave the setting nine-tenths of the picture.".[10]
References
- ^ Marshall, Valda (3 June 1962). "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 58.
- ^ "Television for 1962" (PDF). GMH People. May 1962. p. 7.
- ^ "Peter Cotes Drama Out of Storage". The Age. 31 May 1962. p. 8.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ 1948 US TV Version at IMDb
- ^ 1952 US TV Version at IMDb
- ^ 1939 British TV version at IMDb
- ^ 1946 British TV version at IMDb
- ^ 1958 British TV version at IMDb
- ^ Roberts, Frank (16 June 1962). "LOOK HOMEWARD PIGEON". The Bulletin. p. 56.
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