The Devil Makes Sunday (1962 film)
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| The Devil Makes Sunday | |
|---|---|
 Advertisement from The Age 21 Feb 1962 | |
| Genre | Historical |
| Screenplay by | Bruce Stewart |
| Directed by | William Sterling |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 21 February 1962 (Melbourne, live)[1] |
| Release | 14 March 1962 (Sydney, taped)[2] |
The Devil Makes Sunday is a 1962 Australian television play by New Zealand-born author Bruce Stewart. It was broadcast live from Melbourne, and taped and shown in other cities at a later date.[3]
It was one of the most violent plays on early Australian television.[4]
The play had previously been performed on British and US television. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Filmink magazine wrote "this, along with Light Me a Lucifer, is the old Australian TV play more than any other we wish we could see because it sounds very exciting."[5]
In 1840, the convict settlement on Norfolk Island is run by Major Childs, who likes to punish convicts before church service on Sunday. A convict called Clay breaks out of prison and holds up the prison governor and his household in their dining room. Clay demands a boat for his escape.
Cast
- Syd Conabere as Clay
- Mark Kelly as Jack
- Robert Peach as Major Childs, the prison governor
- Carole Potter as Dora Childs
- David Mitchell
- Don Crosby as Dr McCombie