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{{Infobox television
| italic_title = The Caine Mutiny
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| genre = war
| creator =
| based_on = play ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court Martial]]'' by [[Herman Wouk]]
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| director =Peter Randall
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| country = Australia
| language = English
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| producer [[Dorothy Crawford]]
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| distributor = HSV-7 (Melbourne)<br>TCN-9 (Sydney)
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| released =11 January 1959 (Melbourne)<br>7 February 1959 (Sydney)
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'''''The Caine Mutiny''''' is a 1959 Australian TV play based on ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court Martial]]'' broadcast by Melbourne's Channel 7. It was the first commercial TV channel in Australia to present a full-length live drama and was broadcast on January 11, 1959 over two hours. Peter Randall produced and the cast had performed the play for three weeks at the Little Theatre in South Yarra.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47248265 |title=TELE VISION PARADE |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=21 January 1959 |access-date=16 January 2020 |page=58 |via=Trove }} </ref><ref>"Caine Mutiny" on TV, The Age, T.V. Supplement, 9 January 1959 </ref><ref name="day">{{cite book|page=137|first=Christopher|last=Day|chapter=TV Drama|editor=Peter Beilby|title=Australian TV: The First 25 Years|year=1981|publisher=Thomas Nelson}}</ref>
'''''The Caine Mutiny''''' is a 1959 Australian TV play based on ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court Martial]]'' broadcast by Melbourne's Channel 7. It was the first commercial TV channel in Australia to present a full-length live drama and was broadcast on January 11, 1959 over two hours. Peter Randall produced and the cast had performed the play for three weeks at the Little Theatre in South Yarra.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47248265 |title=TELE VISION PARADE |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=21 January 1959 |access-date=16 January 2020 |page=58 |via=Trove }} </ref><ref>"Caine Mutiny" on TV, The Age, T.V. Supplement, 9 January 1959 </ref><ref name="day">{{cite book|page=137|first=Christopher|last=Day|chapter=TV Drama|editor=Peter Beilby|title=Australian TV: The First 25 Years|year=1981|publisher=Thomas Nelson}}</ref>


It aired in Melbourne on HSV-7 on January 11 1959 and on [[TCN]] 9 Sydney on 7 February 1959. It was the first live TV drama in Australia to not come from the ABC studios.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date= February 7, 1959|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19590108&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|date=8 January 1959|page=9|title=Caine Mutiny on TV}}</ref>
It was the first live TV drama in Australia to not come from the ABC studios.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date= February 7, 1959|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19590108&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|date=8 January 1959|page=9|title=Caine Mutiny on TV}}</ref>
==Cast==
==Cast==
*George Fairfax as Barney Greenwald
*George Fairfax as Barney Greenwald
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Revision as of 09:30, 20 September 2020

The Caine Mutiny
Genrewar
Based onplay The Caine Mutiny Court Martial by Herman Wouk
Directed byPeter Randall
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Original release
Release11 January 1959 (Melbourne)
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The Caine Mutiny is a 1959 Australian TV play based on The Caine Mutiny Court Martial broadcast by Melbourne's Channel 7. It was the first commercial TV channel in Australia to present a full-length live drama and was broadcast on January 11, 1959 over two hours. Peter Randall produced and the cast had performed the play for three weeks at the Little Theatre in South Yarra.[1][2][3]

It was the first live TV drama in Australia to not come from the ABC studios.[4][5]

Cast

  • George Fairfax as Barney Greenwald
  • Kevin Colebrook as Commander Queeg
  • Robert Gardiner as Maryak

Reception

The Age called it "a triumph".[6]

References

  1. ^ "TELE VISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia, Australia. 21 January 1959. p. 58. Retrieved 16 January 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Caine Mutiny" on TV, The Age, T.V. Supplement, 9 January 1959
  3. ^ Day, Christopher (1981). "TV Drama". In Peter Beilby (ed.). Australian TV: The First 25 Years. Thomas Nelson. p. 137.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. February 7, 1959. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Caine Mutiny on TV". The Age. 8 January 1959. p. 9.
  6. ^ "Little Theatre Plays Adapt Themselves on TV". The Age. 15 January 1959. p. 13.
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