"Dark Corridor"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 38
Directed byAlan Burke
Teleplay byTrevor Nielsen
Original air date6 October 1965 (1965-10-06)[1][2]
Running time40 mins[3]
Guest appearance
Betty Lucas
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"Dark Corridor" is a 1965 Australian TV play. It was an original play by Brisbane writer Trevor Nielsen.[4]

It screened as part of Wednesday Theatre.[5] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[6]

Plot

The action takes place at a roadside cafe along a South Australian high way. A married woman arrives, claiming she has lost her memory. Then her husband arrives, claiming she is faking amnesia and that his wife tried to kill him.

Cast

Production

The production was shot in Adelaide.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 September 1965. p. 28.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 30 September 1965. p. 28.
  3. ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 277. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 October 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "TELEVISION Good idea for a play". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 281. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 October 1965. p. 25. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 October 1965. p. 15.
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.


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