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'''''Who Killed Kovali?''''' is a 1960 Australian television play. It had previously been filmed for British TV in 1957. |
'''''Who Killed Kovali?''''' is a 1960 Australian television play. It had previously been filmed for British TV in 1957. |
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It was made at a time Australian TV drama was rare.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
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A tennis player who is given to chewing sweets while he plays, dies suddenly of arsenical poisoning during a match at Wimbledon. A Scotland Yard inspector (Keith Eden) looks into the murder with the help of his assistant (Charles Sinclair). Suspects include several tennis players (Owen Hopegood, Mark Kelly), the dead man's widow (Penelope Shelton), and an official (Laurier Lange).<ref name="smh"/> |
A tennis player who is given to chewing sweets while he plays, dies suddenly of arsenical poisoning during a match at Wimbledon. A Scotland Yard inspector (Keith Eden) looks into the murder with the help of his assistant (Charles Sinclair). Suspects include several tennis players (Owen Hopegood, Mark Kelly), the dead man's widow (Penelope Shelton), and an official (Laurier Lange).<ref name="smh"/> |
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Revision as of 21:48, 15 January 2020
| Who Killed Kovali? | |
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| Directed by | William Sterling |
| Written by | Rex Rienits |
Production company | ABC |
Release date | 1960 |
Running time | 60 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Who Killed Kovali? is a 1960 Australian television play. It had previously been filmed for British TV in 1957.
It was made at a time Australian TV drama was rare.[1]
Plot
A tennis player who is given to chewing sweets while he plays, dies suddenly of arsenical poisoning during a match at Wimbledon. A Scotland Yard inspector (Keith Eden) looks into the murder with the help of his assistant (Charles Sinclair). Suspects include several tennis players (Owen Hopegood, Mark Kelly), the dead man's widow (Penelope Shelton), and an official (Laurier Lange).[2]
Cast
- Keith Eden
- Edward Brayshaw
- Bryan Edwards
- Alan Hopgood
- Mark Kelly
- Fay Kelton
- Laurie Lange
- David Mitchell
- Carole Potter
- Penelope Shelton
- Charles Sinclair
Reception
The television critic from The Sydney Morning Herald thought that the basic idea "could have been made diverting" but in the production, "attitudinising displaced frank exposure and cardboard cut-outs, delivering dialogue usually heard only in morning serials on radio, stood in for characters." He added that director William Sterling "kept the action moving smoothly and filled in such details as background music with unobtrusive efficiency."[2]
References
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ a b "Mystery Play on television". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 September 1960. p. 11.
External links
- Who Killed Kovali? 1957 British TV Production at IMDb
- Who Killed Kovali? 1960 Production at IMDb
- 1957 Production at AustLit
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