Slow Poison (film)
Slow Poison is a 1967 Australian TV movie. It screened on ABC as part of Australian Playhouse. It was produced in Melbourne by Oscar Whitbread and written by Allan Trevor.
"Slow Poison" | |
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Australian Playhouse episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 2 |
Directed by | Oscar Whitbread |
Teleplay by | Allan Trevor |
Original air date | 22 April 1967 19 June 1967 (Melbourne)[1] 31 July 1967 (Canberra>[2] |
Running time | 30 mins |
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]
Plot
A columnist Tim Douglas loses his job and friends.
Cast
- Ray Taylor as Tim Douglas
- Brian James
- Dennis Clinton
- Clive Winmill
- Keith Eden
- Kurt Bleiman
Reception
The Age said it had "a well developed central character" where "Allan Trevor produced a workmanlike script and Oscar Whitbread treated it well with some light touches."[1]
See also
- List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)
References
- Gillison, Ann (19 June 1967). "In the Wrong Time Spot". The Age. p. 4.
- "New series on 3". The Canberra Times. 41 (11, 754). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 July 1967. p. 13. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
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