''Dark Brown'' is an early Australian television film, broadcast during 1957 on ABC. It was broadcast live in Melbourne, one of the first TV productions from that city. The play was later filmed again by the ABC in Brisbane in 1963.

Plot

In London in 1900, a young woman fears that her husband is going to murder her. She is encouraged in this belief by her mother. But all is not as it appears to be. One listing called it "a psychological drama with a suspense twist".

Cast

* Walter Brown *

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*Laura James *Roma Johnston *Max Meldrum *Margaret Cruikshank *Lorna Forbes

Production

It was

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d (and was repeated several months after the original telecast), and was shown in Sydney (these were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time). Its cast included Walter Brown, Agnes Dobson and British actress Laura James. Original telecast was on 24 June 1957, repeat telecast via kinescope recording on 30 September 1957.

Repeat

The show was repeated in Melbourne on 30 September 1957.

References

External links

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