Uneasy Paradise
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Written byLaurence Collinson[1]
Production
company
ABC
Release date
26 June 1963
Running time
60 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Uneasy Paradise is a 1963 Australian television film directed by William Sterling. It is a 60-minute drama set in Melbourne about a gambler married to Sally. He loses a lot of money at a club run by Paolo.

Australian drama was relatively rare at the time.[2]

Premise

Neville is a gambler married to Sally. He loses a lot of money at a club run by Paolo.

Cast

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the plot "carried a spell of authenticity which was broken only by a contrived and comfortable ending" in which Sterling's production "exploited camera angles and action scenes vividly enough to make the-television medium, seem eminently suitable for an effective if somewhat sordid play that took all the tricks except the final, one of a satisfactory, ending."[4]

The Age criticised the writing saying "every development could be telegraphed."[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 20 June 1963.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. ^ "GAMBLING PLAY BY MELBOURNE AUTHOR". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 578. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 July 1963. p. 29. Retrieved 15 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "ABN Drama On Gambling". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 July 1963. p. 9.
  5. ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 4 July 1963. p. 12.


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