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| released = 10 July 1963 (Melbourne)
| runtime = 60 mns
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'''''A Piece of Ribbon''''' is a 1963 Australian television play. It was based on an English TV play by [[Leslie Thomas]] that had already been performed by the BBC.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109899424 |title=Murder Thriller On Channel 3 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,596 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=24 July 1963 |accessdate=22 May 2016 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/07/leslie-thomas Leslie Thomas obituary]</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>
'''''A Piece of Ribbon''''' is a 1963 Australian television play filmed. It was based on an English TV play by [[Leslie Thomas]] that had already been performed by the BBC.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109899424 |title=Murder Thriller On Channel 3 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,596 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=24 July 1963 |accessdate=22 May 2016 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/07/leslie-thomas Leslie Thomas obituary]</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>


It was filmed in Melbourne and was directed by [[Christopher Muir]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19630704&id=nUYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pZYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7319,598783&hl=en]</ref> Beach scenes were shot in [[Beaumaris]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Beach Scenes in Melbourne|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=15 July 1963|page=11}}</ref>
It was filmed in Melbourne and was directed by [[Christopher Muir]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19630704&id=nUYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pZYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7319,598783&hl=en]</ref> Beach scenes were shot in [[Beaumaris]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Beach Scenes in Melbourne|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=15 July 1963|page=11}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
During the [[Malayan Emergency]], British soldiers are having a break from jungle patrol at a Malay Beach Club House. Several of them are attracted to an Eurasian gir, Marianna de Souza, who is there to meet her boyfriend Corporal Cutliffe. He arranges to meet Marianna later at a beach.
During the [[Malayan Emergency]], soldiers shoot a Eurasian girl.

Marianna is found murdered. Investigations into her death are cut short when the company is sent out on patrol under Sgt Wiley.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*Neville Thurgood as Sgt Wiley
*Neville Thurgood as Sgt Wiley
*Jeffrey Hodgson
*Jeffrey Hodgson
*Heather Leembruggen as Marianna
*Heather Leembruggen as Marianna de Souza
*Geoffrey Hodgson as Corporal Cutliffe
*[[George Whaley]]
*[[George Whaley]]
*Roly Barlee
*Roly Barlee
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*Joseph Szabo
*Joseph Szabo
*Christine Veld
*Christine Veld
==Production==

There was a cast of 25 including five models from the Mannequin and Models Guild. The producers shot scenes for the beach at Beaumauris. Heather Leembruggen was from Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nUYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pZYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5799%2C555403|title=Malaya Provides Set for Beach Murder|date=4 July 1963|page=12}}</ref>
==Reception==
==Reception==
The ''Bulletin'' said the cast, "with one minor exception", were believable as British soldiers.<ref>{{Citation
The ''Bulletin'' said the cast, "with one minor exception", were believable as British soldiers.<ref>{{Citation

Revision as of 02:50, 4 May 2020

A Piece of Ribbon
Produced byChristopher Muir
Production
company
Distributed byABC
Release date
10 July 1963 (Melbourne)
Running time
60 mns
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

A Piece of Ribbon is a 1963 Australian television play filmed. It was based on an English TV play by Leslie Thomas that had already been performed by the BBC.[1][2] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]

It was filmed in Melbourne and was directed by Christopher Muir.[4] Beach scenes were shot in Beaumaris.[5]

Plot

During the Malayan Emergency, British soldiers are having a break from jungle patrol at a Malay Beach Club House. Several of them are attracted to an Eurasian gir, Marianna de Souza, who is there to meet her boyfriend Corporal Cutliffe. He arranges to meet Marianna later at a beach.

Marianna is found murdered. Investigations into her death are cut short when the company is sent out on patrol under Sgt Wiley.

Cast

  • Neville Thurgood as Sgt Wiley
  • Jeffrey Hodgson
  • Heather Leembruggen as Marianna de Souza
  • Geoffrey Hodgson as Corporal Cutliffe
  • George Whaley
  • Roly Barlee
  • Terry Beattie
  • Kurt Beimel
  • Robin Farquhar
  • Joseph Gentile
  • Charles Haggith
  • Max Horder
  • Paul Karo
  • Dennis Miller
  • Alwyn Owen
  • Joseph Szabo
  • Christine Veld

Production

There was a cast of 25 including five models from the Mannequin and Models Guild. The producers shot scenes for the beach at Beaumauris. Heather Leembruggen was from Sri Lanka.[6]

Reception

The Bulletin said the cast, "with one minor exception", were believable as British soldiers.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Murder Thriller On Channel 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 596. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 July 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Leslie Thomas obituary
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ "Beach Scenes in Melbourne". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 1963. p. 11.
  6. ^ "Malaya Provides Set for Beach Murder". The Age. 4 July 1963. p. 12.
  7. ^ The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 23 March 2019


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