Course for Collision
13th episode of the 3rd season of Wednesday Theatre
"Course for Collision" | |||
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Wednesday Theatre episode | |||
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 13 | ||
Directed by | Oscar Whitbread | ||
Teleplay by | Arthur Hailey | ||
Original air date | 5 April 1967 (1967-04-05) | ||
Running time | 120 mins[1] | ||
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"Course for Collision" is a 1966 Australian TV play.[2]
It aired as part of Wednesday Theatre on 5 April 1967 in Sydney,[3] and on 30 November 1966 in Melbourne.[4] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]
Plot
In the near future, the US president faces a challenge.
Cast
- Bill Yule as Major Hale
- Carl Bleazby as the President
- Keith Lee as Captain Shaw
- Frank Wilson as General Patrick
- Tim Evans
- Mike Dyer
- Jon Ewing
- George Mallaby (actor)
Production
It was shot in Melbourne.
References
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 30 November 1966. p. 16.
- ^ "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 653. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 April 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 23 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 1967. p. 19.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 24 November 1966. p. 39.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
External links
- Wednesday Theatre at Austlit
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TV productions of Oscar Whitbread
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- Corruption in the Palace of Justice (1964)
- The Winds of Green Monday (1965)
- Otherwise Engaged (1965)
- Duet on Wednesday (1965)
- Photo Finish (1965)
- Plain Jane (1966)
- A Phoenix Too Frequent (1966)
- The Decision (1966)
- Course for Collision (1967)
- Slow Poison (1967)
- Romeo and Juliet (1967)
- Salome (1968)
- The Shifting Heart (1968)
- The Torrents (1969)
- I'm Damned if I Know (1972)
- The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1972)
- The Professional Touch (1976)
- Trial of Ned Kelly (1977)
- Burn the Butterflies (1979)
- A Wild Ass of a Man (1980)
- The Balanced Particle Freeway (1997)
- Australian Plays (1969)
- Delta (Australian TV series) (1969)
- Dynasty (1969)
- Bellbird (1970–77)
- A Family at War (1970)
- Frank and Francesca (1973)
- And the Big Men Fly (1974)
- Rush (1975)
- Catspaw (1978)
- The Truckies (1978)
- I Can Jump Puddles (1980)
- Locusts and Wild Honey (1980)
- The Flying Doctors (1986)
- Studio 86 (1986)
- Acropolis Now (1989)
- The Power, The Passion (1989)
- Cluedo (1990–92)
- Bush Patrol (1996)
- Marion (1974)
- Power Without Glory (1976)
- Lucinda Brayford (1980)
- All the Green Year (1981)
- Outbreak of Love (1981)
- The Young Wife (1984)
- Golden Pennies (1985)
- The Flying Doctors (1985)
- Ratbag Hero (1991)
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