AP#1.23 - Across the Bridge (17 Oct 1966)

Premise

A married man visiting Sydney from London and a divorced woman who lives alone in a house over looking Sydney Harbour meet through the arrangement of mutual friends - and their few hours together open doorways to an understanding both deep and tenuous.

He takes her out to dinner. They dance. They go back to the apartment. He tries to seduce her. She says she has only slept with one person, her ex husband. She admits her 18 year old daughter wants to get married. He says he barely speaks to his wife and his daughter is having an illegitimate child. He leaves.

Cast

  • Carol Raye as the Woman
  • Allan Trevor as the Man
  • Tony Ingersent
  • Susan Vaughan
  • Paula Peters

Production

It was based on a script by Liane Keen. She was an English woman who moved to Australia.

It was made in Sydney.  According to ABC records it was filmed on 1 Oct1966.

Pat Alexander directed.

Reception

The Age said it "had a pretty thin and somewhat hackneyed theme, but two experienced and talented actors to interpret it."

Another reviewer from the same paper said the script "had a strong ring of truth."



The Age 11 Oct 1966 TV Guide

The Age TV Guide 13 Oct 1966 TV Guide p 3

The Age 13 Oct 1966 TV Guide

The Age 17 Oct 1966 TV Guide

SMH 17 Oct 1966 TV Guide

The Age 22 Oct 1966 p 23

The Age 20 Oct 1966 p 3 TV Guide

TV Times


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