Another version of the Rodney Ackland play the ABC filmed in 1959. The play had been recorded for Australian radio in 1963. Why do it again? 60 mins.
Premise
Insurance agent Frederick Dyson owns a house in London with his wife. Among the lodgers is a misery elderly woman, Miss Lummus, who hoards her money in the house. When she is murdered, Dyson is charged with the crime.
Cast
- Ron Haddrick as Frederick Dyson
- Marion Johns as Mrs Dyson
- Lyndall Barbour as dead woman, Miss Lummus
- Thelma Scott as Henrietta Spicer
- Walter Sullivan as Arthur Lovecraft QC
- Tom Farley as Pa Dyson
- Maiva Drummond as Emily Vokes
- James Elliott as Bert Vokes
- Mary Mackay as Mrs Culff
- Tim Cohen as Archie Gooch
- Donald Philps as Inspector Ward
- John Burls as assistant
Other Productions
It was done on BBC radio in 1961.
Production
It was shot in Sydney. The director was Alan Burke. Was the ABC really this creatively bankrupt?
Richard Lane did the adaptation.
Alan Burke later said he wanted to do Ides of March but it went to Melbourne and he had to do this.
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| The Age 24 July 1963 p 25 |
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| SMH 8 May 1963 p 23 |
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| SMH 6 May 1963 p 21 |
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| The Age TV Supplement 18 July 1963 p 3 |
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| SMH TV Guide 29 April 1963 p 4 |
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| The Age TV Guide 18 July 1963 p 11 |
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| NAA Listener Letter 1963 |
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| NAA Listener Letter 1963 |
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