The End Begins (film)

The End Begins is a 1961 Australian television play shot in ABC's Melbourne studios. Like many early Australian TV plays it was based on an overseas script.[5]

The End Begins
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Written byRay Rigby
Production
company
Release date
22 March 1961 (Melbourne, live)[1]
14 June 1961 (Sydney, taped)[2][3]
Running time
75 mins[4]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
The Age 22 Mar 1961

Plot

On an island off the west coast of Great Britain, a group of survivors of World War Three struggle to continue living. Hugh Packenham's only neighbours are fisherman Shaun O'Donnell and his wife Barbara. Other survivors seek refuge and conflicts develop[6]

Cast
  • Don Crosby as Hugh Pakenham
  • Joe Jenkins as Hank Christians
  • Douglas Kelly as Shaun O'Donnell
  • Barbara Brandon as Mrs O'Donnell
  • Fay Kelton as Valerie Hollis
  • Keith Hudson as Tom Jarrow
  • Syd Conabere as Dr Wincot
  • Kenrick Hudson as Commander Ridgwell
  • James Lynch as Petty Officer Marks
  • David Mitchell as Seaman Wells
  • Edward Brayshaw as Smithers
  • Elizabeth Goodman as woman

Productions

The set was created by Douglas Smith who did the designs for Stormy Petrel.[6] Joe Jenkins was a black American actor and dancer who came to Australia with the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and decided to stay.[1] He was one of the few black actors to play a lead role in Australia at that time. [7]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "quite imaginative".[8]

References
  1. "Survival Drama". The Age. 16 March 1961. p. 12.
  2. "Atomic War Survivors". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 June 1961. p. 15.
  3. "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 June 1961. p. 13.
  4. "TV Guide". The Age. 16 March 1961. p. 33.
  5. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. "Drama Assesses Human Valies". The Age. 16 March 1991. p. 13.
  7. Vagg, Stephen (25 May 2020). "The A to Z of Non-White Aussie Movies and TV in White Australia". Filmink.
  8. "Drama of Atomic War Survivors on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 June 1961. p. 7.


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