The Caine Mutiny (1959 film) explained

Genre:War
Based On:play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial by Herman Wouk
Director:Peter Randall
Country:Australia
Language:English
Producer:Dorothy Crawford
Released: (Melbourne)
Released2: (Sydney)

The Caine Mutiny is a 1959 Australian TV play based on The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial broadcast by Melbourne's Channel 7. It was the first full-length live drama to be presented on a commercial TV channel and was broadcast on January 11, 1959 over two hours. Peter Randall produced and the cast had performed the play for three weeks at the Little Theatre in South Yarra.[1] [2] [3]

It was the first live TV drama in Australia to not come from the ABC studios.[4] [5]

Cast

Reception

The Age called it "a triumph".[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: TELE VISION PARADE . . Australia . 21 January 1959 . 16 January 2020 . 58 . Trove .
  2. "Caine Mutiny" on TV, The Age, T.V. Supplement, 9 January 1959
  3. Book: Day, Christopher. 137. TV Drama. Peter Beilby. Australian TV: The First 25 Years. 1981. Thomas Nelson.
  4. News: TV Guide. Sydney Morning Herald . February 7, 1959. 6.
  5. News: Caine Mutiny on TV. The Age. 8 January 1959. 1 (Radio and Television Supplement).
  6. News: The Age. Little Theatre Plays Adapt Themselves on TV. 15 January 1959. 13.