"Queen Versus Bent" is an episode of the Australian television series ''
Consider Your Verdict''. It is notable for featuring Aboriginal actor
Harold Blair
Harold Blair (13 September 1924 – 21 May 1976) was an Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist. He has been called the "last great Australian tenor of the concert hall era".
Early life
Blair was born at the Barambah Aboriginal Reserve at ...
. "Queen Versus Bent" aired on 9 September 1962 in Sydney, and on 16 September 1962 in Melbourne.
Plot
Tommy Bent, an Aboriginal stockman, is charged with shooting the boss's nephew Graham.
Cast
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Juliana Allen as Lynne Driscoll
*
Harold Blair
Harold Blair (13 September 1924 – 21 May 1976) was an Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist. He has been called the "last great Australian tenor of the concert hall era".
Early life
Blair was born at the Barambah Aboriginal Reserve at ...
as Tommy Bent
* David Watt as Leslie Butler
* Vernon Spencer as Graham Butler
* James Scullin as Rocky Hawkins
* Raymond Fedden as Ed Rowe
* Isobel Kuhl as Gladys Willetts
* George Fairfax as Crown prosecutor John Taylor
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Wynn Roberts as Defence counsel Robert Winter
References
External links
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1960s Australian television plays
1962 television plays
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