The Right Person (1957 film) explained

Story:Philip Mackie
Director:Eric McCleery
Country:Australia
Language:English
Runtime:30 mins
Company:ABC
Network:ABC
Released: (Melbourne, live)[1]
Released2: (Sydney, taped)[2]

The Right Person is a 1957 Australian television play. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare.[3]

It was filmed in ABC's Melbourne studios.[4]

Plot

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

Cast

Production

The play had previously been shot for English television on the BBC[5] and turned into a short film in 1955 made by Hammer Films.[6]

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.[7]

Eric McCleery also directed Holiday in Biarritz.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: The Age. 15 August 1957. 23. Rugby Film School Adaptation on TV.
  2. ABC Weekly. 18 September 1957. 34. All the TV Programmes .
  3. Stephen. Vagg. 60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s. Filmink. February 18, 2019.
  4. News: The Age. Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast. 2 January 1958. 8.
  5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4829026/ 1954 TV version
  6. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450835/ 1955 Film version
  7. News: The Age. 15 August 1957. 21. Melbourne Hotel Film Scenes in "Live" TV Drama.