Australian ''TV movies'' of 1957
by Thor-Delta | created - 02 Oct 2014 | updated - 19 Apr 2015 | PublicA list of "TV movies" (actually live television plays) produced for Australian TV in 1957. All of these aired on ABC. Most of them were based on overseas stage plays.
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1. Amahl and the Night Visitors (1957 TV Movie)
60 min | Music
In this live television opera, A crippled boy is visited by the three wise men.
Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: Neil Easton, Victor Franklin, Tony Monopoly, Desmond Patterson
2. Dark Brown (1957 TV Movie)
45 min | Drama
A woman suspects her husband intends to kill her.
Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: Walter Brown, Agnes Dobson, Laura James, Margaret Cruickshank
3. The Duke in Darkness (1957 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A live television play set in 16th century France. A duke imprisoned for 15 years in a castle in France feigns blindness for five years to lull the suspicions of his captors in order to plan his escape.
Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: Brian James, Syd Conabere, Walter Brown, Philip Stainton
4. Ending It (1957 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Bruce Beeby, Madi Hedd, Keith Alexander
5. Fair Passenger (1957 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A drama of mixed romances.
Director: Bill Eldridge | Stars: Philip Stainton, Nicolette Bernard, Beverley Dunn, Marcia Hart
6. A Fourth for Bridge (1957 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
A live television play about p.o.w.s during WW2.
Director: Alan Burke | Stars: Hanns Eisler, Al Garcia, Nigel Lovell, Richard Meikle
7. Holiday in Biarritz (1957 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
A French stationmaster wants to spend a holiday at Biarritz.
Director: Eric McCleery | Stars: Peter O'Shaughnessy, Moira Carleton, Neil Fitzpatrick
8. The Importance of Being Earnest (1957 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Comedy
In 1890s London rakish Algy runs into friend Jack who's in town to propose to Algy's cousin Gwendolen. Algy discovers Jack has a brother 'Ernest' and a ward called Cecily. While Jack deals ... See full summary »
Director: Paul O'Loughlin | Stars: James Condon, Margo Lee, Neva Carr-Glynn, Richard Meikle
9. In the Zone (1957 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Keith Alexander, Bruce Beeby, John Bluthal, Richard Meikle
10. The Passionate Pianist (1957 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
The story of a teenage pianist who prefers football to practicing.
Director: Paul O'Loughlin | Stars: Ivor Bromley, Edward Howell, Marion Johns, Mark Kelly
11. A Phoenix Too Frequent (1957 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
A grieving widow in Ancient Greece gradually finds the attractions of a young soldier outweighs her determination to join her husband in the underworld.
Director: Paul O'Loughlin | Stars: Dinah Shearing, James Condon, Audrey Teesdale
12. The Proposal (1957 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: Paul Bacon, Bettine Kauffmann, Douglas Kelly
13. The Right Person (1957 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
Director: Eric McCleery | Stars: Carl Bleazby, Norman Griffiths, Laura James
14. Rope (1957 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama
Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Bruce Beeby, Roger Climpson, June Collis, Tom Farley
15. Roundabout (I) (1957 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
A woman suspects her husband of having an affair with another woman.
Director: Bill Eldridge | Stars: Moira Carleton, Syd Conabere, Beverley Dunn, Patrick Horgan
16. Shadow of Doubt (1957 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A live television play, a suspense drama concerning an English physicist.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Don Crosby, Bruce Beeby, Winifred Green, Betty Lucas
17. Sound of Thunder (1957 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
A drama set in Italy during Allied advance of 1944.
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Edward Brayshaw, Judith Godden, Robert Peach, Philip Stainton
18. Sunday Costs Five Pesos (1957 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
A comedy set in a town in northern Mexico.
Director: Paul O'Loughlin | Stars: Joan Landor, Guy Le Claire, Brenda Senders, Audrey Teesdale
19. Three Cornered Moon (1957 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
On the Duke of Mall's yacht, Lenora, the Duke's wife, leaves her philandering husband. The Duke seeks solace in Lenora's identical twin sister in Paris. This turns out to be Lenora in disguise. The Duke falls in love with his wife again.
Director: Paul O'Loughlin | Stars: Margo Lee, James Condon
20. Tomorrow's Child (1957 TV Movie)
66 min | Comedy
Comedy play set in a police state.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Queenie Ashton, Bernard Barber, Lola Brooks, James Condon
21. The Wraith (1957 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
A comedy about a mysterious burglar.
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Leonard Bullen, Norman Cull, Joan Lord
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