Photo Finish (Wednesday Theatre)
43rd episode of the 1st season of Wednesday Theatre
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"Photo Finish" is a 1965 Australian teleplay based on a play by Peter Ustinov. It screened on ABC and was produced by Oscar Whitbread and starred Frank Thring.[3][4] "Photo Finish" aired on 10 November 1965 in Melbourne and Sydney.[5][6]
| "Photo Finish" | |
|---|---|
| Wednesday Theatre episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 43 |
| Directed by | Oscar Whitbread |
| Teleplay by | John Warwick |
| Based on | |
| Original air date | 10 November 1965 |
| Running time | 60 mins[1][2] |
Thring played the role on stage the year before.[7]
It was part of Wednesday Theatre.[8] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[9]
Plot
A writer is visited by ghosts from his past – himself at the ages of twenty, forty, and sixty.
Cast
- Frank Thring as Sam Kinsale, aged 80
- Elspeth Ballantyne
- Michael Duffield as the father
- Beverley Dunn as the mother
- Norman Ettling as the 40 year old
- Patricia Kennedy as Stella, the wife
- Patsy King
- Stanley Walsh as the 20 year old
- Raymond Westwell as the 60 year old
Production
A version of the play had been performed on ABC the previous year.[5]
