Australian ''TV movies'' of 1958
by Thor-Delta | created - 02 Oct 2014 | updated - 31 Aug 2015 | PublicThis is a list of "TV movies" (actually live TV plays) which were produced for Australian TV in 1958. All of these aired on ABC. Most of them were based on overseas stage plays.
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1. As You Are (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
A live Melbourne-produced television play set in the north of England. A comedy about a salesman who becomes involved with a confidence man.
Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: Paul Bacon, Georgina Batterham, Agnes Dobson, George Ogilvie
2. Barber of Seville (1958 TV Movie)
150 min | Music
Stars: Ella Banner, Gregory Dempsey, Joseph Drewniak, Alan Light
3. Box for One (1958 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
A play set in a London telephone box.
Director: William Sterling | Star: Robert Helpmann
4. Captain Carvallo (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
The captain and his batman hope for amorous adventures, but find themselves facing death.
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Neil Fitzpatrick, Mary Ward, Syd Conabere, Frank Gatliff
5. Chance of a Ghost (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Thriller
A thriller set in an American penthouse during a New Years Eve party.
Director: Royston Morley | Stars: Bert Bertram, Jacqueline Kott, Moray Powell, Walter Sullivan
6. Citizen of Westminster (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Live television drama about a British M.P. who is in love with a married woman.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Bruce Beeby, Madi Hedd, Ric Hutton, Geoffrey King
7. Enemy of the People (1958 TV Movie)
65 min | Drama
A live television play version of Ibsen's play. A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.
Director: Royston Morley | Stars: James Condon, Eleanor Elliott, Aileen Britton, Moray Powell
8. Fidelio (1958 TV Movie)
160 min | Music
Stars: Sylvia Fisher, Alan Light, Raymond McDonald, Madge Stephens
9. Gaslight (1958 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane.
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Beverley Dunn, Judith Godden, Brian James, John Morgan
10. G'Day Digger! (1958 TV Movie)
26 min
A live television ballet.
Director: Peter Page | Stars: Alex Crethar, Beth Dean, Colin Fitzgerald, Carl Randall
11. The Governess (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Live play about a Victorian-era governess.
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Patricia Kennedy, Carole Potter, Brian James, John Morgan
12. His Excellency (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A live television play, in which an ex-docker is appointed governor of a British island colony.
Director: Alan Burke | Stars: Stewart Ginn, Harvey Adams, Lola Brooks, Ric Hutton
13. If It's a Rose (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
Anna is being courted by Mario.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Annette Andre, Ethel Lang, Don Pascoe
14. The Lark (1958 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A live television play about Joan of Arc.
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Jeffrey Hodgson, John Morgan, Laura Jane Casson, Moira Carleton
15. Last Call (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Live television drama set in a fictional South American republic.
Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: John Morgan, Wyn Roberts, Earl Francis, Richard Pratt
16. Miss Mabel (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
Director: Paul O'Loughlin | Stars: Minnie Love, Walter Pym, Charles Tasman, Ida Newton
17. The Multi-Coloured Umbrella (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A live television drama set in Sydney, Australia.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Ted Smith, Georgie Sterling, Ken Wayne, Amber Mae Cecil
18. Murder Story (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Last fortnight in the life of a youth who was sentenced to death for the killing of a police constable.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: John Alden, Don Crosby, Deryck Barnes, Myrna Dodd
19. The Public Prosecutor (1958 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
A live television play set during the French revolution.
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Frank Gatliff, Patricia Kennedy, John Morgan
20. Rose Without a Thorn (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
The courtship and marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine Howard.
Director: Alan Burke | Stars: Margo Lee, Kevin Brennan, Philippa Baker, Alex Crethar
21. Sixty Point Bold (1958 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A newspaper magnate, Andre Charvet clashes with the president of a fictional South American country.
Director: Royston Morley | Stars: Kevin Brennan, James Condon, Dinah Shearing, Bruce Beeby
22. The Small Victory (1958 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Brian James, Beverley Dunn, John Morgan, Syd Conabere
23. Sorry, Wrong Number (1958 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
A woman overhears a telephone call, and thinks she is hearing her own murder being planned.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Georgie Sterling, Pat Binstead, John Bluthal, Del Furze
24. Symphonie Pastorale (1958 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Tragedy results when a pastor falls in love with a blind orphan.
Director: Bill Eldridge | Stars: Wyn Roberts, Maree Tomasetti, Beryl Marshall, John Kirkbride
26. Voyageur (1958 TV Movie)
30 min | Music
A live ballet, about a goose who loses use of wings after being shot by a hunter.
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