Funnel Web

Funnel Web
Produced by Bill Bain
Written by Phillip Grenville Mann
Based on story by Phillip Grenville Mann
Starring Grant Taylor
Production
company
ABC
Distributed by ABC
Release date
 1962
Running time
 60 mins
Country Australia
Language English

Funnel Web is a 1962 Australian TV play starring Grant Taylor and written by Phillip Grenville Mann. It screened on the ABC and was a suspense drama.

It was the last in a series of live TV plays by Australian authors on the ABC.[1][2] The others were:

Plot

A Canadian woman is searching for her husband, Max Godfrey, who deserted her. She finds him living in Sydney. Max has also defrauded his business partner. He decides to take steps to get rid of both his ex-wife and former business partner.

Cast

  • Grant Taylor as Max Godfrey
  • Wendy Playfair as Max's ex-wife
  • Stewart Ginn as the detective
  • Diana Davidson as Nina
  • Alistair Duncan as Paul
  • Phillipa Baker as Marion Westlake
  • Mary Mackay as Miss Wetherby
  • Ken Hacker as Gleeson

Production

It was based on a story by Phillip Grenville Mann. He originally wrote it as a 30-minute TV play for British TV called Dead or Alive. This aired in 1956 starring Ron Randell and directed by Don Chaffey.[3]

Mann expanded the story into a full length stage play, which was performed in Britain. He then adapted for Australian TV.[1]

It was Grant Taylor's live TV debut and was shot in Sydney.[4]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald praised "the meticulously chic settings designed by Francesca Crespi (a beach house at Avalon and a Sydney office interior) and the easy-limbed, masterful portrayal of the villain by Grant Taylor".[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Viewers to See Drama in Its Third Form", The Age, 24 May 1962
  2. ↑ "Young Star's Work". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 March 1962. p. 13.
  3. ↑ Dead or Alive 1956 TV show at IMDB
  4. ↑ "Live Drama On Wednesday". The Canberra Times. 11 February 1963. p. 20. Retrieved 15 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Thriller Play on Channel 2" Sydney Morning Herald 26 April 1962 accessed 15 March 2015
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