"Keep It Clean" is the fourth

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episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series ''

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''. "Keep It Clean" was written by E.R. Thomas and originally aired on

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on 10 July 1967 in Melbourne and on 14 August 1967 in Sydney

Plot

Two men unknown to each other try to crack a safe in an office building.

Cast

Barry Creyton Barry Creyton (born 1939, Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian actor and playwright. Creyton began his professional career in radio and revue in Melbourne, Australia and became well known in Sydney starring in and writing popular comedy-melod ...

as a crooked bank manager * Edward Howell * Des Rolfe as janitor

Production

Barry Creyto later recalled "I enjoyed that. I got to play a scheming bank executive intent on robbing the bank vault and inadvertently being locked in it at the end. That was fun to do. By that time, we had tape. We still had to do it in one fell swoop, though."

Reception

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'' wrote the episode "had situation possibilities, but the plot itself...seemed contrived and rather maiden-auntish." The ''Age'' called it "too heavy for even Barry Creyton to lift."

References

External links

* * 1967 television plays 1967 Australian television episodes 1960s Australian television plays Australian Playhouse (season 2) episodes {{tv-episode-stub