A Piece of Ribbon

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A Piece of Ribbon
Advertisement in The Age 10 July 1963
Based onplay by Leslie Thomas
StarringElspeth Ballantyne, Dennis Miller
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerChristopher Muir
Running time60 mins
Production companyAustralian Broadcasting Commission
Original release
Release10 July 1963 (1963-07-10) (Melbourne)
24 July 1963 (1963-07-24) (Sydney)

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.

It was filmed in Melbourne and was directed by Christopher Muir. Beach scenes were shot in Beaumaris, Victoria.

Although based on a British script it is the only Australian made television drama set during the Malayan Emergency.

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. The set was designed by Kevin Bartlett.

Reception

The Bulletin said the cast, "with one minor exception", were believable as British soldiers.

Filminkg called it "a very good production."

See also

References

  1. ^ "Beach Scenes of Murder Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 1963. p. 12.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 1963. p. 11.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Leslie Thomas obituary". The Guardian. 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022.
  5. ^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search".
  6. ^ "Beach Scenes in Melbourne". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 1963. p. 11.
  7. ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 August 2022). "3 Forgotten Australian Television Plays". Filmink.
  8. ^ "Malaya Provides Set for Beach Murder". The Age. 4 July 1963. p. 12.
  9. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 4 July 1963. p. 31.
  10. ^ The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 23 March 2019
  11. ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 August 2022). "3 Forgotten Australian Television Plays". Filmink.

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