Keep It Clean (TV play)

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"Keep It Clean"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 4
Teleplay byE.R. Thomas
Original air dates10 July 1967 (Melbourne) [1]
14 August 1967 (Sydney) [2]
Running time30 mins
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"Keep It Clean" is a 1967 Australian television play by E.R. Thomas which aired as part of Australian Playhouse . [3]

Contents

Plot

Two men unknown to each other try to crack a safe in an office building.

Cast

Production

Barry Creyto later recalled "I enjoyed that. I got to play a scheming bank executive intent on robbing the bank vault and inadvertently being locked in it at the end. That was fun to do. By that time, we had tape. We still had to do it in one fell swoop, though." [4]

Reception

The Canberra Times wrote the episode "had situation possibilities, but the plot itself...seemed contrived and rather maiden-auntish." [5] The Age called it "too heavy for even Barry Creyton to lift." [6]

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References

  1. "TV Guide". 4 July 1967. p. 24.
  2. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 1967. p. 7.
  3. "MONDAY". The Canberra Times . 41 (11, 766). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 August 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 27 February 2019 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (11 October 2020). "Barry Creyton Live!". Filmink.
  5. "TELEVISION A well-rounded profile". The Canberra Times . 41 (11, 770). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 August 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 27 February 2019 via National Library of Australia.
  6. Covell, Roger (19 August 1967). "Problem for the quintet". p. 11.