"Dangerous Corner" is a 1965 Australian television play based on the play ''

Dangerous Corner ''Dangerous Corner'' was the first play by the English writer J. B. Priestley. It was premiered in May 1932 by Tyrone Guthrie at the Lyric Theatre, London, and filmed in 1934 by Phil Rosen. Priestley had recently collaborated with Edward Kno ...

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J.B. Priestley John Boynton Priestley (; 13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction, notably in ''The Good Compa ...

. It was filmed in Melbourne.

Premise

A suicide and an empty cigarette case spark an emotional powder keg in a family.

Cast

*Dorothy Bradley as Olwen *Maxwell Jackson as Robert *Amanda Fox as Freda *Judith Arthy as Betty *David Mitchell as Gordon *Charles Stanton as Keith * Sheila Florance as Miss Mockridge *Keith Lee

Production

Amanda Fox was an English actress who was born when her father was appearing in the original stage production of ''Dangerous Corner''.

Reception

The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote that "After 30 years or so the play still has its internal fascination as an ingenious piece of stagecraft, but the present cast was totally unable to recapture the quietly sinister implications of the original production and substituted shouting and overacting."

References

External links

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''Dangerous Corner''
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