Call Me a Liar

Call Me a Liar
Call Me a Liar
	Advertisement from The Age 12 June 1961
Based on	TV play by John Mortimer
Directed by	William Sterling
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Running time	80 mins
Production company	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	12 July 1961 (Melbourne, live); 20 September 1961 (Sydney); 24 April 1963 (Brisbane)

Call Me a Liar is a 1961 Australian TV play.^[3] It was shot in Melbourne in studio with some location work.^[4] It was Channel 2's 49th live play.^[5]

Plot[]

Sammy Moles lives in a world of make believe. For his employer's benefit he invents a wife and child and for his fellow lodgers he lies about his past, background and job. He meets a German girl called Martha.^[6]

Cast[]

David Mitchell as Sammy Moles
Jane Oehr as Martha
Barbara Brandon as landlady
Campbell Copelin as man on park bench
Rose du Clos as lady boarder
Ken Goodlet as Mr Pheeming
Joe Jenkins as Dr Bowker
James Lynch as solitary drinker
Stewart Weller as street musician
Ligia Monamis as Indian girl
James Lych as solitary drinker
Nancy Cato and Peter Oliver as English couple
Abdul Ghani as an African
Ron Pinnell as father
Reginald Newsom as businessman
Cecile Glass as Finnish girl
Margherita Kean as bar girl
Shirley Young as mother

Production[]

It was based on a TV play by John Mortimer which had been performed in England in 1958.^[7] It was also adapted for Australian radio in 1961. The play was filmed again for British TV in 1963.^[8]

William Sterling gave the lead to Jane Oehr, a 19 year old second year university arts student who was relatively inexperienced as an actor. She had been in Macbeth and Night of the Ding Don. David Mitchell has been in both those productions as well, along with Who Killed Kovali?, Shadow of Heroes and The Astronauts.^[1]

Reception[]

The Sydney Morning Herald TV critic said the production "had the lightness of heart and the deftness of touch so necessary to such a whimsical part-comedy, part-sentimental drama."^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "The Dance of the Lonely". The Age. 6 July 1961. p. 22.
^ "Dreamer or Liar". 19 April 1963. p. 13. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ""Call Me A Liar" On Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 September 1961. p. 21.
^ "Advertisement for Call Me a Liar". 12 July 1961. p. 13.
^ "TV Guide". The Age. 6 July 1961. p. 31.
^ 1958 production at IMDb
^ 1963 production at IMDb

External links[]

Call Me a Liar at IMDb

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[age-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "The Dance of the Lonely". The Age. 6 July 1961. p. 22.

[times-2] "Dreamer or Liar". 19 April 1963. p. 13. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[3] Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.

[smh-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ""Call Me A Liar" On Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 September 1961. p. 21.

[5] "Advertisement for Call Me a Liar". 12 July 1961. p. 13.

[6] "TV Guide". The Age. 6 July 1961. p. 31.

[7] 1958 production at IMDb

[8] 1963 production at IMDb

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Operas	The Pearl Fishers (1963)
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show v t Works by John Mortimer
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Films	Ferry to Hong Kong (1960) The Innocents (1961) The Dock Brief (1962) Guns of Darkness (1962) Lunch Hour (1962) The Running Man (1963) Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) A Choice of Kings (1966) A Flea in Her Ear (1968) John and Mary (1969) Maschenka (1987) Tea with Mussolini (1999)
TV	The Dock Brief (1960) Call Me a Liar (1961) Shades of Greene (series) (1975–76) Rumpole of the Bailey (series) (1975, 1978–1992) Will Shakespeare (1978) Rumpole's Return (1980) The Ebony Tower (1984) Summer's Lease (1989) Die Fledermaus (1990) Under the Hammer (1994) Don Quixote (2000)
Radio plays	The Dock Brief (1957)