Night Stop

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Night Stop
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Written byNorman King
Directed by Patrick Barton
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
Network ABC
Release20 March 1963 (1963-03-20) (Melbourne)
Release12 June 1963 (1963-06-12) (Sydney) [1]

Night Stop is a 1963 Australian television play. It was filmed in Melbourne and had been performed on British TV. [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

In a Midlands market town on the River Trent, a young bargeman, Eddy, is determined to learn the truth about the death of his friend, Frank. He believes the truth can be found in the Midlands market town on the River Trent. [4]

Cast

Production

It was the second Australian TV production from Patrick Barton. Many of the cast were relative newcomers to Australian screens. [5]

It was advertised as "live modern suspense drama". [6]

Reception

The TV critic from the Sydney Morning Herald thought the script was "pointless sensation seeking... more than ordinarily tiresome. Why this weary reshuffling of mildewed dramatic effects in an English setting should have been called worth reproducing in it Melbourne studio is difficult to understand." [7]

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References

  1. "The Programmes On Channel 7". The Canberra Times . Vol. 37, no. 10, 560. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 June 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 19 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Suspense Drama On Channel 3". The Canberra Times . Vol. 37, no. 10, 560. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 June 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 19 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  3. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. "TV Guide". The Age. 14 March 1963. p. 33.
  5. "New Faces". The Age. 14 March 1963. p. 25.
  6. "Advertisement". The Age. 20 March 1963. p. 25.
  7. ""Night Stop" On ABN". Sydney Morning Herald. 13 June 1963. p. 12.