Last Call (1958 film)

Last Call is a 1958 Australian TV play set in a South American country. It was directed by Christopher Muir. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]

Last Call
Written byDonald Fraser
Directed byChristopher Muir
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
Production
Running time60 mins
Production company(s)ABC
DistributorABC
Release
Original release19 October 1958 (Melbourne, live)[1]
4 January 1959 (Sydney)[2]
Ad from 17 Oct 1958

Plot

General Zaguerro is the President of a fictitious South African republic. He has to decide whether to lead his army against the enemy or stay at his headquarters and defend his niece's honour.[4]

Cast

Production

It was broadcast in a series of "live" dramas that were shown every fortnight on Sunday night on ABV-2 Melbourne. In order, they were The Governess, The Last Call, The Rose without a Thorn, The Lark, Citizen of Westminster, and Enemy of the People (the last of "the season").[5]

Some outdoor scenes were shot at Morabbin Airport.[6]

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See also
  • List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)

References
  1. "TV Guide". The Age. 17 October 1958. p. 32.
  2. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 January 1959. p. 59.
  3. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. "All the TV Programmes". ABC weekly. 31 December 1958. p. 35.
  5. "Line Up of TV Dramas for Sunday Night". The Age. 26 September 1958. p. 24.
  6. "Untitled". The Age. 17 October 1958. p. 25.


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