''Chance of a Ghost'' is a 1958 Australian television play directed by

Royston Morley John Royston Morley (25 August 1912 – 14 October 1991), was a British television producer, director and writer. He was among the earliest television producers, and also trained new producers for the BBC and in Australia. Life and career Morley ...

and written by James Carhartt based on a play by Carhartt and Nicholas Winter. It was based on a radio play. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.

Plot

On New Year's Eve, a party of Americans have a celebrations at a penthouse where 20 years before a musical comedy star had been killed. One member of the party, Serena, becomes interested in the story. She becomes so obsessed she is "possessed" by the spirit of the dead woman and begins to look and behave like her.

Cast

*Bert Bertram as Friend *Jacqueline Knott as Serena *Moray Powell * Walter Sullivan

Production

The idea for the plot came from a murder committed at the Medical Arts Building in New York. "For years afterwards no one would rent the place and it became known as the haunted penthouse," said James Carhartt who turned it into a play with Nicholas Winter. Carhartt was an American who moved to Sydney and he adapted the play for Australian television. He wrote such plays for Australian radio as ''Finger Your Neck''.

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* 1958 Australian television plays 1958 television plays Television plays directed by Royston Morley Television plays filmed in Sydney Australian Broadcasting Corporation television plays {{Australia-tv-film-stub

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