Tully (TV play)

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Tully
Written byIan Stuart Black
Directed byJames Gatwad
Country of origin
  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerJames Gatwad
Production locationAustralia
Editor Ray Alchin
Production companyThames
Original release
Network
  • ABC (Australia)
  • ITV (UK)
Release27 March 1975 (1975-03-27)

Tully is a 1975 British-Australian television play shot in Australia. It aired in Australia as a stand-alone television play on 27 March 1975. [1] [2] The movie was scheduled to be shown on British television in May 1975. [3] [4] However this was reportedly postponed due to "industrial squabbles" and instead the play was broadcast on 26 November 1975. [5]

Contents

The movie also aired on Canadian television. [6]

Premise

British insurance investigator Tully arrives in Sydney to investigate the theft of $2 million of art treasures. [7]

Cast

Production

It was filmed in Sydney and London. [8]

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References

  1. "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 March 1975. p. 15.
  2. "TV Guide". The Age. 20 March 1975. p. 32.
  3. "TV Guide". Evening Standard. 28 May 1975. p. 2.
  4. "TV Guide". The Daily Telegraph. 28 May 1975. p. 31.
  5. "Look out for...". Sunday Telegraph. 23 November 1975. p. 15.
  6. "Week in movies". Star-Phoenix. 5 September 1975. p. 55.
  7. "On the track of stolen art". The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide. 24 March 1975. p. 1.
  8. "Calkin Callan". The Age. 27 March 1975. p. 33.