Traveller Without Luggage
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Based onLe Voyageur sans bagage
by Jean Anouilh
by Jean Anouilh
Written byGeorge F. Kerr
Directed byHenri Safran
StarringRic Hutton
| Traveller Without Luggage | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Le Voyageur sans bagage by Jean Anouilh |
| Written by | George F. Kerr |
| Directed by | Henri Safran |
| Starring | Ric Hutton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 70 mins[1] |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 16 August 1961 (Sydney)[2] |
| Release | 20 September 1961 (Melbourne)[3] |
| Release | 11 December 1962 (Brisbane)[4] |
Traveller Without Luggage is a 1961 Australian television film directed by Henri Safran and starring Ric Hutton. It was Safran's first English language work.[5][6]
A man (Ric Hutton) has been in an asylum for 16 years suffering from loss of memory. He is without the memories that the normal person carries with him as "luggage". On the advice of the asylum psychiatrist, he sets out to find his past and spends 24 hours with a family who believe he is their lost son. He discovers he was a seducer, a wife-stealer, and generally vile character, and decides to ditch his old self, adopt a new personality and a new family.
Cast
- Ric Hutton as the Traveller
- Enid Lorimer as the Mother
- Rhod Walker as the brother George
- Patricia Kennedy as the maid
- Clarissa Kaye as the sister in law Valerie
- Gordon Glenwright as Butler
- Brian Gilbert as Small Boy
- Robert McDarra as psychiatrist
Production
The play had been performed at the Sydney University Drama Society in June 1960.[7]
