Australian ''TV Movies'' of 1961

by Thor-Delta | created - 22 Sep 2014 | updated - 24 Sep 2015 | Public

The following is an incomplete list of Australian "TV movies" of 1961. Actually, these are largely TV plays rather than TV films, but still....many of them are based on overseas works, but a few are locally-written.

See also: Australian "TV Movies" of 1957: [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/ls077359077/[/link]

Australian "TV movies" of 1958: [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/ls077359406/[/link]

Australian "TV movies" of 1959: [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/ls077358429/[/link]

Australian "TV movies" of 1960: [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/ls058930980/[/link]

1962 list: [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/ls077264166[/link]

1963 list: [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/ls077244792/[/link]

1964 list: [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/ls077463335/[/link]

1965 list: [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/ls071084546/[/link]

1950s Australian television one-offs (also including music recitals, variety specials, etc): [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/ls054894311/[/link]

1. The Abduction from the Seraglio (1961 TV Movie)

90 min | Musical

Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail). Zubin Mehta leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in this historic live 1967 Salzburg Festival performance of ... See full summary »

Stars: Rae Cocking, Rosalind Keene, Alan Light, Donald Smith

2. A Little South of Heaven (1961 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

In this drama set in Sydney, an Italian woman plans a marriage for her son to an Italian, but the son has affection for an Australian.

Director: Alan Burke | Stars: Victoria Anoux, Lyndall Barbour, Alma Butterfield, Ben Gabriel

3. A Night Out (1961 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

Albert is dominated by his mother. He is driven to an act of violence and attempts to assert his individuality.

Director: Alan Burke | Stars: Carole Boyce, Noel Brophy, Neva Carr-Glynn, James Elliott

4. The Big Client (1961 TV Movie)

75 min | Drama

A London advertising executive is determined to obtain the account of an American millionaire.

Director: James Upshaw | Stars: Barry Linehan, James Condon, Alistair Duncan, Diana Perryman

5. The Big Deal (1961 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

A packer in the dispatch room of a plastics company dreams of becoming a business tycoon.

Director: William Sterling | Stars: Don Crosby, Brenda Beddison, Diana Bell, Nancy Cato

6. Burst of Summer (1961 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

A live television drama about an aboriginal woman who, after a brief taste of being a film star, goes back to live in the outback.

Director: William Sterling | Stars: Georgia Lee, Wyn Roberts, Robert Tudawali, Edward Howell

7. Call Me a Liar (1961 TV Movie)

80 min | Drama

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Director: William Sterling | Stars: David Mitchell, Jane Oehr, Ligia Bonamia, Barbara Brandon

8. The General Motors Hour (1960–1962)
Episode: The Concert (1961)

60 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime

A blind woman falls in love with a black man, not realising he is black.

Director: Rod Kinnear | Stars: Yvonne Heaslip, Barbara Brandon, Cyril Gardner, Moira Carleton

9. Corinth House (1961 TV Movie)

55 min | Drama

In this live television play set in London, a woman tries to convince others of the "insanity" of an older woman.

Stars: Gwen Bevan, Enid Lorimer, Ida Newton, Diana Perryman

10. The End Begins (1961 TV Movie)

70 min | Sci-Fi

In the future, during World War 3 three people are stranded on a remote island somewhere off the coast of Great Britain.

Director: William Sterling | Stars: Don Crosby, Joe Jenkins, Fay Kelton, Douglas Kelly

11. The First Joanna (1961 TV Movie)

75 min

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Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: Barbara Brandon, Patricia Conolly, Madeline Howell, Norman Kaye

12. Harlequinade (1961 TV Movie)

60 min | Comedy

In this television play set in England, a middle-aged couple starring in a production of "Romero and Juliet" begin to realise they are too old to play their parts.

Director: Bill Bain | Stars: John Alden, Cherry Butlin, Neva Carr-Glynn, Marcia Hathaway

13. Hedda Gabler (II) (1961 TV Movie)

75 min | Drama

Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.

Director: William Sterling | Stars: Dorothy Bradley, Moira Carleton, Patricia Conolly, Richard Davies

14. The Ides of March (1961 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

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Director: William Sterling | Stars: Bruce Barry, Edward Brayshaw, Don Crosby, Keith Dare

15. In Writing (1961 TV Movie)

75 min | Thriller

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Director: Kevin Shine | Stars: Leonard Teale, Ric Hutton, Anne Haddy, James Workman

16. The Lady from the Sea (1961 TV Movie)

75 min | Drama

A lighthouse keeper's daughter lives her opportunistic marital life, until her past lover re-appears.

Director: William Sterling | Stars: Campbell Copelin, Lynne Flanagan, Eva Freitag, Edward Howell

17. The General Motors Hour (1960–1962)
Episode: Long Distance (1961)

30 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime

In this Melbourne-produced television play set in the US, a woman tries to save her husband from being executed, but only has 30 minutes to contact the Judge.

Director: Peter Cotes | Stars: Joan Miller, Mary Disney, Letty Craydon, Ken Goodlet