A Piece of Ribbon
A Piece of Ribbon | |
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Advertisement in The Age 10 July 1963 | |
Based on | play by Leslie Thomas |
Starring | Elspeth Ballantyne, Dennis Miller |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Christopher Muir |
Running time | 60 mins[1] |
Production company | Australian Broadcasting Commission |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 10 July 1963 (1963-07-10) (Melbourne) |
Release | 24 July 1963 (1963-07-24) (Sydney)[2] |
A Piece of Ribbon is a 1963 Australian television play filmed. It was based on an English TV play by Leslie Thomas that had already been performed by the BBC.[3][4]
It was filmed in Melbourne and was directed by Christopher Muir.[5] Beach scenes were shot in Beaumaris, Victoria.[6]
Although based on a British script it is the only Australian made television drama set during the Malayan Emergency.[7]
Plot
During the Malayan Emergency, British soldiers are having a break from jungle patrol at a Malay Beach Club House. Several of them are attracted to a Eurasian girl, Marianna de Souza, who is there to meet her boyfriend Corporal Cutliffe. He arranges to meet Marianna later at a beach.
Marianna is found murdered. Investigations into her death are cut short when the company is sent out on patrol under Sergeant Wiley.
Cast
- Neville Thurgood as Sgt Wiley
- Jeffrey Hodgson
- Heather Leembruggen as Marianna de Souza
- Geoffrey Hodgson as Corporal Cutliffe
- George Whaley
- Roly Barlee
- Terry Beattie
- Kurt Beimel
- Robin Farquhar
- Joseph Gentile
- Charles Haggith
- Max Horder
- Paul Karo
- Dennis Miller
- Alwyn Owen
- Joseph Szabo
- Christine Veld
Production
There was a cast of 25 including five models from the Mannequin and Models Guild. The producers shot scenes for the beach at Beaumauris. Heather Leembruggen was from Sri Lanka.[8] The set was designed by Kevin Bartlett.[9]
Reception
The Bulletin said the cast, "with one minor exception", were believable as British soldiers.[10]
Filminkg called it "a very good production."[11]
See also
- List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)
References
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 1963. p. 11.
- ^ "Beach Scenes of Murder Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 1963. p. 12.
- ^ "Murder Thriller On Channel 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 596. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 July 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Leslie Thomas obituary". The Guardian. 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022.
- ^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Beach Scenes in Melbourne". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 1963. p. 11.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 August 2022). "3 Forgotten Australian Television Plays". Filmink.
- ^ "Malaya Provides Set for Beach Murder". The Age. 4 July 1963. p. 12.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 4 July 1963. p. 31.
- ^ The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 23 March 2019
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 August 2022). "3 Forgotten Australian Television Plays". Filmink.
External links
- A Piece of Ribbon at IMDb
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