The Criminals (film)

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The Criminals
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Ad from SM 5 Sep 1962
Directed byHenri Safran
Written byWilliam Haulke
Eric Paice,
StarringKen Goodlet
Distributed byABC
Release dates
5 September 1962
26 September 1962[1]
Running time
60 mins[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Criminals is a 1962 Australian TV movie. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]

Plot[]

In London, a cracksman helps people in a firm help him with a robbery. Four men people are trapped after a robbery.

Cast[]

  • Ken Goodlet as Dorell
  • Alexander Archdale as Crawford
  • Richard Davies
  • Lou Vernon as the nightwatchman

Production[]

It was Henri Safran's last play before he left for a six-month overseas tour. The production was shot in Sydney.[4]

Reception[]

The Bulletin said it was "no Rififi but it was fairly good television drama, with a solid performance by Ken Goodlet."[5] The Woman's Weekly called it "well produced".[6]

See also[]

  • List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)

References[]

  1. ^ ""Trapped" Suspense". The Age. 20 September 1962. p. 15.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 September 1962. p. 15.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. ^ "Criminals Live TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 September 1962. p. 14.
  5. ^ Roberts, Frank (15 September 1962). "REVIEWS TELEVISION DINNY WAS "BLOODY TINNY"". The Bulletin. p. 34.
  6. ^ "How TV will cover the America's Cup". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia. 19 September 1962. p. 15. Retrieved 23 January 2020 – via Trove.

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