Australian ''TV movies'' of 1963
by Thor-Delta | created - 09 Oct 2014 | updated - 02 Oct 2015 | PublicThe following is an incomplete list of TV films/TV plays produced for Australian television during 1963. Most of these were based on overseas works, but a few were locally-written.
See also:
1957 Australian "TV movies":
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1958 Australian "TV movies":
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1959 Australian "TV movies":
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1960 Australian "TV movies":
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1961 Australian "TV movies":
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1962 Australian "TV movies":
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1. Ballad for One Gun (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A drama about Ned Kelly, depicting him as a villain.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: John Bell, Mark McManus, Colin Gorman, John Norman
2. Bastien and Bastienne (1963 TV Movie)
30 min | Musical
In this presentation of Mozart's opera, two people have had a quarrel. They are reunited by a quack magician.
Stars: George Hegan, Eunice McGowan, Keith Nielson
3. Concord of Sweet Sounds (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Director: Henri Safran | Stars: Henry Gilbert, Gaynor Mitchell, Stuart Wagstaff, Leonard Bullen
4. A Dead Secret (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A woman is murdered, and suspicion falls on the owner of the house she lived in.
Director: Alan Burke | Stars: Ron Haddrick, Marion Johns, Lyndall Barbour, Thelma Scott
5. Don't Listen Ladies (1963 TV Movie)
80 min
Director: James Upshaw | Stars: Alexander Archdale, Noel Brophy, Neva Carr-Glynn, Neil Fitzpatrick
6. Double Yolk (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Two short plays. In "By Accident", a woman fears her air force husband may be killed in action. In "With Intent", a woman receives a letter her husband intended for another woman.
Stars: Elspeth Ballantyne, Betty Berrell, Dorothy Bradley, Keith Eden
7. The Fighting Cock (1963 TV Movie)
75 min | Comedy
Set 14 years after the second world war, this television play is about a French general who attempts to re-shape life according to his own ideas about morality.
Stars: Alexander Archdale, Roly Barlee, Laurence Beck, Kenrick Hudson
8. Flowering Cherry (1963 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Director: Colin Dean | Stars: Peter Adams, Elizabeth Ferris, Margo Lee, Don Pascoe
9. The Gioconda Smile (1963 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
The death of his crippled wife spells upheaval for a wealthy man and his mistress.
Director: Patrick Barton | Stars: Alexander Hay, Elizabeth Wing, Fay Kelton, William Lloyd
10. Happy Journey (1963 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
A Hobart production of American playwright Thornton Wilder's one-act play, about a family which is traveling by car to visit a daughter.
Director: John Baldwin | Stars: Marcus Cooney, Aileen Jenkins, Nigel Triffit, Patricia Owen
11. The Long Sunset (1963 TV Movie)
65 min | Drama
A Sydney-produced television play set in Britain during the last days of the Roman empire.
Director: Colin Dean | Stars: John Bell, Tim Cohen, James Condon, John Faasen
12. Man of Destiny (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
In this Melbourne-produced TV production of George Bernard Shaw's play, Napoleon is attracted to a lady that he believes to be a spy.
Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: Edward Hepple, David Mitchell, Stewart Weller, Felicity Young
13. The Night Is a Sorceress (1963 TV Movie)
23 min
A ballet presentation.
Director: Brian Faull | Stars: Laurence Bishop, Kathleen Gorham, Alison Lee, Ernest Parham
14. Night Stop (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
In this Melbourne-produced television play set in England, Eddy is suspicious of the circumstances of the drowning of his friend.
Director: Patrick Barton | Stars: Judith Arthy, Betty Berrell, Helen Douglas, Alan Hopgood
15. One in Five (1963 TV Movie)
25 min | Music
A television ballet about four clowns who discover that a fifth clown is different to them.
Stars: Peter Condon, Warren de Maria, Marilyn Jones, Robert Olup
16. The Pearl Fishers (1963 TV Movie)
115 min | Musical
An opera set in Ceylon during ancient times. Two men love a beautiful and mysterious woman.
Stars: Keith Bain, Edward Brayshaw, Ronal Jackson, Rosalind Keene
17. A Piece of Ribbon (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Crime, Drama
They must determine which British soldier is responsible for the murder of a girl in Malaya during the terrorist campaigns.
Stars: Roly Barlee, Terry Beattie, Kurt Beimel, Robin Farquhar
18. The Prisoner (1963 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Christopher Hill, Michael Duffield, Barbara Brandon, Campbell Copelin
19. The Right Thing (1963 TV Movie)
80 min
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Alister Smart, Grant Taylor, Brigid Lenihan, Lola Brooks
20. The Sentimental Bloke (1963 TV Movie)
30 min
A ballet based on the famous Australian work "The Sentimental Bloke".
Stars: Maxwell Collis, Carolyn Harrison, Jack Manuel
21. The Tempest (1963 TV Movie)
90 min
Director: Alan Burke | Stars: Max Oldaker, Joan Morrow, Reg Livermore, Owen Weingott
22. Uneasy Paradise (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Set in Melbourne. A man's gambling habits are worrying his wife.
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Peter Aanensen, Terri Aldred, Ray Angel, Roly Barlee
23. Vacancy in Vaughn Street (1963 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
A television play set in a boarding house.
Director: Wilf Buckler | Stars: Toby Harris, Donald McTaggart, Betty Ross, Judith Stephenson
24. The White Carnation (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A Melbourne-produced television drama set in England during 1951. A group of ghosts gather to re-enact the night they were killed by a bomb.
Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: Roly Barlee, Barbara Brandon, Margaret Cruickshank, Michael Duffield
25. The Young Victoria (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, History
A drama in three segments, concerning the courtship and marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert.
Director: Alan Burke | Stars: Anne Beecher, Lola Brooks, Jasmine Greenfield, Benita Harvey
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