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Barry Creyto later recalled "I enjoyed that. I got to play a scheming bank executive intent on robbing the bank vault and inadvertently being locked in it at the end. That was fun to do. By that time, we had tape. We still had to do it in one fell swoop, though." <ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/barry-creyton-live/|title=Barry Creyton Live!|date=October 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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The ''Canberra Times'' wrote the episode "had situation possibilities, but the plot itself...seemed contrived and rather maiden-auntish."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106972263 |title=TELEVISION A well-rounded profile |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=41 |issue=11,770 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=18 August 1967 |accessdate=27 February 2019 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The ''Age'' called it "too heavy for even Barry Creyton to lift."<ref>{{cite news|date=19 August 1967|page=11|title=Problem for the quintet|first=Roger|last=Covell}}</ref> |
The ''Canberra Times'' wrote the episode "had situation possibilities, but the plot itself...seemed contrived and rather maiden-auntish."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106972263 |title=TELEVISION A well-rounded profile |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=41 |issue=11,770 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=18 August 1967 |accessdate=27 February 2019 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The ''Age'' called it "too heavy for even Barry Creyton to lift."<ref>{{cite news|date=19 August 1967|page=11|title=Problem for the quintet|first=Roger|last=Covell}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:41, 11 October 2020
| "Keep It Clean" | |
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| Australian Playhouse episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 4 |
| Teleplay by | E.R. Thomas |
| Original air dates | 10 July 1967 (Melbourne)[1] 14 August 1967 (Sydney)[2] |
| Running time | 30 mins |
Keep It Clean is a 1967 Australian television play by E.R. Thomas which aired as part of Australian Playhouse.[3] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]
Plot
Two men unknown to each other try to crack a safe in an office building.
Cast
- Barry Creyton as a crooked bank manager
- Edward Howell
- Des Rolfe as janitor
Production
Barry Creyto later recalled "I enjoyed that. I got to play a scheming bank executive intent on robbing the bank vault and inadvertently being locked in it at the end. That was fun to do. By that time, we had tape. We still had to do it in one fell swoop, though." [5]
Reception
The Canberra Times wrote the episode "had situation possibilities, but the plot itself...seemed contrived and rather maiden-auntish."[6] The Age called it "too heavy for even Barry Creyton to lift."[7]
References
- ^ "TV Guide". 4 July 1967. p. 24.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 1967. p. 7.
- ^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 766. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 August 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 27 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (11 October 2020). "Barry Creyton Live!". Filmink.
- ^ "TELEVISION A well-rounded profile". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 770. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 August 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 27 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Covell, Roger (19 August 1967). "Problem for the quintet". p. 11.
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