''The Amorous Dentist'' is a 1983 Australian television film which was the second of four telemovies called ''Verdict'' produced by the
ABC
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
dramatising real cases (the others being ''
The Dean Case'', ''
Who Killed Hannah Jane?, and
The Schippan Mystery'').
Premise
In 1865,
Sydney-based dentist Dr Louis Bertrand falls in love with a patient's wife. When the patient dies he is arrested for murder.
[Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p5-6]
Cast
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Robert Grubb
Robert Grubb (born 31 January 1950) is an Australian actor. He studied acting at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), where he graduated in 1978. There he was a fellow student of actor Mel Gibson.
Grubb played the role of Dr. Geoffrey St ...
as Dr. Louis Bertrand
*Juliet Jordan as Maria Kinder
*Robin Bowering as Henry Kinder
*
David Atkins
David Atkins, OAM (born 12 December 1955) is an Australian dancer, choreographer, music-theatre director and producer.
Career
Stage and television
Atkins began his performance career aged 12 with a role in the musical ''Mame''. As an adult p ...
as Alfred Burne
*
Rhys McConnochie
Rhys or Rhŷs is a popular Welsh given name (usually male) that is famous in Welsh history and is also used as a surname. It originates from Deheubarth, an old region of South West Wales, with famous kings such as Rhys ap Tewdwr.
It is pronounced ...
*Elaine Mangan as Jane Bertrand
*
Ron Haddrick
Ronald Norman Haddrick (9 April 1929 – 11 February 2020) was an Australian actor, cricketer, narrator and presenter. In 2012, he received the Actors Equity Lifetime Achievement Award for his long and distinguished career in media, spanning s ...
as Butler
References
External links
''The Amorous Dentist''at
Austlit
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''The Amorous Dentist''at Screen Australia
Australian television films
1983 television films
1983 films
Films directed by Peter Fisk
1980s English-language films
1980s Australian films
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