The Gioconda Smile
Directed byPatrick Barton
Written byNorman Gear
Production
company
ABC
Release date
1 January 1964
Running time
75 mins[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Gioconda Smile is a 1964 Australian TV play based on a play by Huxley (which had originally been written as a short story). It was filmed in Melbourne.[2]

Plot

Henry Hutton is a wealthy man who lives in an English country house with his crippled wife, Emily, who is looked after by Nurse Braddock. Their neighbour is Janet Spence, an unmarried woman who looks after her cropped father and is in love with Henry. When Emily dies, Janet declares her love... but then Nurse Braddock thinks the death might not be natural and demands an autopsy.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "THIS WEEK ON ABC-3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, , no. 10, 684. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 November 1963. p. 12. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.((cite news)): CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ "Psychological Drama By Huxley". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, , no. 10, 733. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 January 1964. p. 11. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.((cite news)): CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ "'Woolf' tears them up". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, , no. 11, 303. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 November 1965. p. 25. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.((cite news)): CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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