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Written by | Phillip Grenville Mann |
Produced by | Bill Bain |
Starring | Grant Taylor |
Production company | ABC |
Distributed by | ABC |
Release date | 1962 |
Running time | 60 mins |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Funnel Web is a 1962 Australian TV play starring Grant Taylor and written by Phillip Grenville Mann. It screened on the ABC and was a suspense drama.
It was the last in a series of live TV plays by Australian authors on the ABC.[1]
A Canadian woman is searching for her husband, Max Godfrey, who deserted her. She finds him living in Sydney. Max has also defrauded his business partner. He decides to take steps to get rid of both his ex wife and former business partner.
It was based on a story by Phillip Grenville Mann. He originally wrote it as a 30 minute TV play for British TV called Dead or Alive. This aired in 1956 starring Ron Randell and directed by Don Chaffey.[2]
Mann expanded the story into a full length stage play, which was performed in Britain. He then adapted for Australian TV.[1]
It was Grant Taylor's live TV debut.[3]
The Sydney Morning Herald praised "the meticulously chic settings designed by Francesca Crespi (a beach house at Avalon and a Sydney)".[4]