Sixty Point Bold
1958 Australian TV series or program
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Sixty Point Bold is a 1959 Australian television play which aired on ABC. It was produced by the Sydney station of the network, ABN-2, and was kinescoped/telerecorded for showing in Melbourne on ABV-2. It was the second 90-minute live television play produced by ABN.[3] It was written and produced by Royston Morley and aired July 16, 1959 for 90 minutes.[4]
| Sixty Point Bold | |
|---|---|
 Ad from SMH 14 Jul 1958 | |
| Written by | Royston Morley |
| Directed by | Royston Morley |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 mins |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 16 July 1958 (Sydney, live)[1] |
| Release | 24 September 1958 (Melbourne, taped)[2] |
Plot
Set in a fictional South American country, it concerned a newspaper magnate Andre Charvet who clashes with the president of the nation, whose democratic government has replaced a dictatorship. Charveet brings a foreign correspondent called David back to the country to campaign against the President.
Cast
- Kevin Brennan as Andre Charvet
- James Condon as President Ortega de Riverda
- Dinah Shearing as Maria Charvet
- Bruce Beeby as Paul Crevel, Maria's lover
- Harp McGuire as David, a foreign correspondent
- Charles Tasman
- John Alden
- Owen Weingott
Production
It was the third in a series of plays dealing with a man in political power.[5] Advertising called it "the story of political intrigue, violence and romance in a Latin America state".[6]
