Heart Attack (1960 film)

Heart Attack
Written by George F. Kerr
Starring John Morgan
Production
company
ABC
Distributed by ABC
Release date
13 January 1960 (Melbourne, live)
9 March 1960 (Sydney)
Running time
 60 mins
Country Australia
Language English

Heart Attack is a 1960 Australian TV play written by George F. Kerr. It was recorded in Melbourne, broadcast "live" there, recorded and shown later on Sydney television.[1]

Plot

Dr Brian Wynter's career is threatened by a blackmailer called Pearce. Pearce learns of Wynter's affair with another woman before his marriage and threatens to tell the doctor's wife, Judith, unless he is paid. Dr Wynter pays him off but Pearce keeps asking for money. Dr Wynter decides the solution is murder.

Cast

  • John Morgan as Dr. Wynter
  • Beverley Phillips as Judith
  • Edward Brayshaw as Pearce
  • Wyn Roberts as Dr. Rutherford
  • Marcella Burgoyne as Clare Mackay
  • Bruce Archer
  • Carol Armstrong
  • June Brunelle
  • Campbell Copelin
  • Edward Howell
  • Kendrick Hudson
  • Carole Potter

See also

References

The critic for the Sydney Morning Herald called it a "routine medical-domestic drama... given a routine performance... the play bad a kind of tired professional finish but no real originality in its plot or its techniques"in which the leads "all acted competency but without much real conviction."[2]

References

  1. ↑ "New Play by Kerr". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 March 1960. p. 15.
  2. ↑ ""Live" Play on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 March 1960. p. 17.


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