''The Astronauts'' (film)

The Astronauts
Produced by Christopher Muir
Production
company
Release date
 1960
Country Australia
Language English

The Astronauts is a television film, or rather a live television play, which aired in Australia during 1960 on ABC. Broadcast originally in Melbourne on 18 May 1960, a kinescope recording was made of the broadcast and shown in Sydney at a later date (it is not known if it was also shown on ABC's stations in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth). Duration was 60 minutes, in black-and-white. Written by Don Houghton and produced by Christopher Muir.

Writer Houghton was quoted as saying "For the sake of the play, I hope any attempt to put a man into space will not be made before May 18".[1] The play was not science-fiction, but likely reflected the growing interest in the real-life space race.

Plot

Four men (two Americans, an Englishman and an Australian) are training in Australia to become astronauts,[2] and are preparing for the first manned space launch, for which only one of the men will be selected.[3]

Cast

  • David Mitchell as Len Cassidy
  • Mark Kelly as Jeff Burrows
  • Tony Brown as Peter Corbitt
  • Alan Hopgood as Dave Armstrong
  • Keith Eden as Dr. Vaughan
  • Kurt Ludescher as a scientist
  • Kendrick Hudson as a U.S. Air Force general
  • Marie Redshaw as Jill Corbitt
  • Anne Harvey as Del Armstrong
  • Collins Hilton as a steward

References


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