Jon Cleary and Knife in the Family (11 Sept 1957)

 Jon Cleary, top novelist.

Knife in the Family "too slight for ABC purposes".

Aired 11 Sept 1957 on ITV see here. Play set in Australia. All Australian cast.

Plot involved a murder, two up school and a milkman.  It was based on his 1950 novel Just Let Me Be.

Cast  
Joss Ambler* as Bill Duppa
Nigel Anthony as Tim Brennan
Alexander Archdale* as Arthur Brennan
Peter Carver* as Happy Collins
Howard Charlton* as Sgt. Holgate
Roger Delgado as Lou Ricci
Peter Dolphin as Harry Brennnan
Brenda Dunrich*     as Flo Brennan
Joan Gadsdon* as Connie Marshall
Ronald Howe* as Joe Brennan (I think the lead)
Frank Leighton* as Inspector Talbot
Tony Marsella as Toni Ricci

Cyril Butcher directed. *means Australian actors.

Ronald Howe killed himself in 1961.


NAA "C" corres

Birmingham Post 12 Sept 1957

Coventry Telegraph 11 Sept 1957

Kensington News 24 Mar 1961



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