''Last Rites'' is a 1975 Australian television play. It later aired in 1977 as an episode of '' Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse''.

Premise

Industrialist Eric Cordett, arranges a meeting with an Asian consortium at his country house miles out of Sydney. It is seven years since his wife, Viola, was kidnapped from the house, never to be seen again, and Cordett has not been there since. He now has control of his wife's assets. Ex-chief inspector Beecham, an investigator associated with the case, turns up.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p99

Cast

* Michael Craig as Eric Cordett * Cornelia Frances as Elaine *

Nigel Lovell Nigel Tasman Lovell (27 January 1916 – 13 December 2001) was an Australian stage, radio, film and television actor, and producer of opera and both stage and radio drama. History Lovell was born in Sydney, a son of Tasman Lovell, Professor of ...

as Beecham * John Hargreaves as Bennett *John Derum as Dymock *Jo Stenning as Viola

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Last Rites
at Screen Australia Australian comedy films Australian television plays 1975 films 1975 comedy films 1970s English-language films 1970s Australian films English-language comedy films {{1970s-Australia-film-stub