The Right Person (1957 film)

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The Right Person
Story byPhilip Mackie
Directed byEric McCleery[2]
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release21 August 1957 (1957-08-21) (Melbourne, live)[1]
Release18 September 1957 (1957-09-18) (Sydney, taped)[3]

The Right Person is a 1957 Australian television play. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare.[4]

It was filmed in ABC's Melbourne studios.[5]

Plot[edit]

A suspense play about three people faced with events from the past in present-day Copenhagen.

Cast[edit]

  • Norman Griffiths
  • Laura James
  • Carl Bleazby.

Production[edit]

The play had previously been shot for English television on the BBC[6] and turned into a short film in 1955 made by Hammer Films.[7]

John Peters, who designed the Australian production, had worked on the film in England. The play was shot in Melbourne with some insert scenes filmed at the Hotel Federal on Collins Street. Frank Few was the cameraman.[2]

Eric McCleery also directed Holiday in Biarritz.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rugby Film School Adaptation on TV". The Age. 15 August 1957. p. 23.
  2. ^ a b "Melbourne Hotel Film Scenes in "Live" TV Drama". The Age. 15 August 1957. p. 21.
  3. ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 18 September 1957. p. 34.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ^ "Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast". The Age. 2 January 1958. p. 8.
  6. ^ 1954 TV version at [[IMDb
  7. ^ 1955 Film version at IMDb

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