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==Cast== |
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*Syd Conabere as Blake |
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*[[Alan Hopgood]] as Feliz |
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*[[Norman Kaye]] as Selasco |
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*Leon Lissek |
*Leon Lissek |
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*James Lynch as Julio |
*James Lynch as Julio |
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*Judith Thompson as Anna Maria |
*Judith Thompson as Anna Maria, sister of Feliz |
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==Production== |
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It was the first TV play produced by Patrick Barton, an Englishman who had lived in Australia for two years. Most ABC drama in Melbourne until then had been done by William Sterling or Christopher Muir. Barton said the play was different in tone to other works by Barton.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=ABV-2 Tries Out a New Producer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V3FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jJYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6009%2C4788550|date=30 August 1962|page=13}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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The quality of the production was criticised.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136931501 |title=Australian TV production 'Blasphemous' |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,390 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=23 November 1962 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
The quality of the production was criticised.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136931501 |title=Australian TV production 'Blasphemous' |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,390 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=23 November 1962 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
Revision as of 11:33, 3 May 2020
You Can't Win 'Em All | |
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Directed by | Patrick Barton |
Written by | Alun Owen |
Production company | ABC |
Release dates | 5 September 1962 (Melbourne) September 1962 (Sydney, recorded) |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
You Can't Win 'Em All is a 1962 Australian television play directed by Patrick Barton. Filmed in London, it was based on a play by Alun Owen which had been previously filmed by the BBC in 1961.[1]
Premise
In a South American state on the brink of revolution, the leader of the revolutionaries (Alan Hopgood) and his sister (Judith Thompson) meet a stranded British wireless operator (Syd Conabere) and invite him to join them. He does — because he needs money.[2]
Cast
- Syd Conabere as Corrigan Blake
- Alan Hopgood as Feliz
- Norman Kaye as Selasco
- Leon Lissek
- James Lynch as Julio
- Judith Thompson as Anna Maria, sister of Feliz
Production
It was the first TV play produced by Patrick Barton, an Englishman who had lived in Australia for two years. Most ABC drama in Melbourne until then had been done by William Sterling or Christopher Muir. Barton said the play was different in tone to other works by Barton.[3]
Reception
The quality of the production was criticised.[4]
The Age said "the production was racy to match the play and the hand of the producer, though firm, never intruded."[5]
References
- ^ "Corrigan Blake". Action TV.
- ^ "New Play by Welsh Author". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 1962. p. 13.
- ^ "ABV-2 Tries Out a New Producer". The Age. 30 August 1962. p. 13.
- ^ "Australian TV production 'Blasphemous'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 390. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 November 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 21 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 13 September 1962. p. 14.
External links
- You Can't Win 'Em All at IMDb
- 1962 British version at BFI
- You Can't Win 'Em All at National Film and Sound Archive