Light Me a Lucifer

Light Me a Lucifer
Directed by William Sterling
Written by John O'Grady
Starring Frank Thring
Production
company
Distributed by ABN-2
Release date
 26 December 1962 (Melbourne)[1]
Running time
 75 mins
Country Australia
Language English

Light Me a Lucifer is a 1962 Australian television comedy film which aired on ABC.[2] Written by John O'Grady, it starred Frank Thring as the devil, along with Wyn Roberts, Edward Howell, Joan Harris, Ken Goodlet and Lynne Flanagan. It aired in a 75-minute time-slot. Despite having aired in an era where wiping was common, the TV film still exists.[3][4] It was produced in Melbourne.

Plot

In Hell, Satan (Frank Thring) reproaches his Australian agent, Stoker (Edward Howell) for not bringing enough Australians to Hell. Stoker persuades Satan to come to Sydney with his wife Lilith (Lynne Flanagan) to study the situation. Satan arrives in an industrial suburb as Stoker's boss, Nick Devlin.

The Devil decides to give up being the Devil and becomes an Australian instead.

Cast

  • Frank Thring as Satan/Nick Devlin
  • Kenneth Goodlet
  • Edward Howell as Stoker
  • Wynn Roberts
  • Lynne Flanagan as Lilith
  • Bruce Webster[5]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald TV critic called it a "brilliant Melbourne production" which "gave a candid picture of the unsubtle and rough-diamond Aussie, but was in itself subtle and refined in all the details of manner, pronunciation and setting which make up the Australian in-the-rpund. The main points in this witty study of Australiana were never rammed home they came up naturally in the dialogue" and "the cast portrayed them to perfection."[6]

References

  1. ↑ "THIS WEEK ON ABC-3". The Canberra Times. 37 (10). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 December 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 18 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Luficer in Sydney". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 December 1962. p. 8.
  3. ↑ Light Me a Lucifer at National Film and Sound Archive
  4. ↑ Light Me a Lucifer script at National Film and Sound Archive
  5. ↑ "LECTURES WITH MORNING CUPPA". The Australian Women's Weekly. 30, ([?]). Australia, Australia. 9 January 1963. p. 13. Retrieved 18 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Luficer on ABC". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 December 1962. p. 4.


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