fiction.wikisort.org - MovieThe Public Prosecutor is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was set during the French Revolution and was based on a play by Fritz Hochwälder. It was shown live in Melbourne in July 1958 but did not screen in Sydney until 1960.[3]
1958 Australian film
The Public Prosecutor |
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Directed by | William Sterling |
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Written by | William Sterling |
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Based on | play by Fritz Hochwälder. |
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Production company | ABC |
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Release dates |
- 23 July 1958 (1958-07-23) (Melbourne, live)[1]
- 6 January 1960 (1960-01-06) (Sydney)[2]
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Running time | 75 minutes |
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Country | Australia |
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Language | English |
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Plot
The Public Prosecutor is responsible for rounding up victims of the guillotine. He wants the name of a man known only to Theresia. Meanwhile the French Assembly of Deputies debate the end of terror. The identity of the final victim is a surprise.
Cast
- Frank Gatliff as Fouquier, the Prosecutor
- John Morgan as Tallien, Theresia's husband
- Patricia Kennedy as Theresia
Production
The play had been performed by the BBC in 1957.[4]
It was shot at ABC's new studios at Rippon Lea. It was Patricia Kennedy's second TV performance following playing Mrs Rattenbury in Killer in Close Up.[5] The play took eight weeks to prepare and involved construction of an eight foot guillotine.[1]
Designer John Peters had also designed sets depicting revolutionary France in the film The Elusive Pimpernel.[6]
Reception
GTV-9 engineers called up after the broadcast to congratulate ABV-2 on the technical excellence of the program.[7]
See also
- List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)
References
- "Drama of Revolution to Test Techniques". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 26.
- "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 January 1960. p. 16.
- "Channel News". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 January 1960. p. 21.
- 1957 BBC Version at IMDb
- ""Live" TV Drama". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 25.
- "Round Up". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 27.
- "Round up". The Age. 1 August 1958. p. 23.
External links
TV productions of William Sterling |
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TV plays |
- Elizabeth Refuses (1957)
- In the Zone (1957)
- Ending It (1957)
- Rope (1957)
- Sound of Thunder (1957)
- Captain Carvallo (1958)
- Killer in Close-Up (1958)
- The Small Victory (1958)
- Box for One (1958)
- Gaslight (1958)
- The Governess (1958 film) (1958)
- The Lark (1959)
- One Morning Near Troodos (1959)
- A Dead Secret (1959)
- Black Limelight (1959)
- Ned Kelly (1959)
- Treason (1959)
- Heart Attack (1960)
- The Public Prosecutor (1960)
- Mine Own Executioner (1960)
- Macbeth (1960)
- Dark Under the Sun (1960)
- Who Killed Kovali? (1960)
- Two-Headed Eagle (1960)
- The End Begins (1961)
- Shadow of Heroes (1961)
- Call Me a Liar (1961)
- Hedda Gabler (1961)
- Night of the Ding-Dong (1961)
- Burst of Summer (1961)
- The Lady from the Sea (1961)
- The Big Deal (1961)
- The House of Mancello (1962)
- The Ides of March (1961)
- Murder in the Cathedral (1962)
- Light Me a Lucifer (1962)
- The Devil Makes Sunday (1962)
- The Hobby Horse (1962)
- The Music Upstairs (1962)
- Village Wooing (1962)
- Barnstable (1963)
- The Prisoner (1963)
- Uneasy Paradise (1963)
- The Fighting Cock (1963)
- The Chinese Wall (1963)
- A Man for All Seasons (1964)
- The First 400 Years (1964)
- Othello (1965)
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