The Caine Mutiny (1959 film)

The Caine Mutiny is a 1959 Australian TV play based on The Caine Mutiny Court Martial broadcast by Melbourne's Channel 7. It was the first commercial TV channel in Australia to present a full-length live drama and was broadcast on January 11, 1959 over two hours. Peter Randall produced and the cast had performed the play for three weeks at the Little Theatre in South Yarra.[1][2]

It aired in Melbourne on HSV-7 on January 11 1959 and on TCN 9 Sydney on 7 February 1959. It was the first live TV drama in Australia to not come from the ABC studios.[3][4]

Cast
  • George Fairfax as Barney Greenwald
  • Kevin Colebrook as Commander Queeg
  • Robert Gardiner as Maryak

Reception

The Age called it "a triumph".[5]

References
  1. "TELE VISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia, Australia. 21 January 1959. p. 58. Retrieved 16 January 2020 – via Trove.
  2. "Caine Mutiny" on TV, The Age, T.V. Supplement, 9 January 1959
  3. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. February 7, 1959. p. 6.
  4. "Caine Mutiny on TV". The Age. 8 January 1959. p. 9.
  5. "Little Theatre Plays Adapt Themselves on TV". The Age. 15 January 1959. p. 13.
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