The Decision (film)

The Decision is a 1966 television play by John Warwick broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was part of the Australian Playhouse series. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[1]

"The Decision"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 22
Directed byOscar Whitbread
Teleplay byJohn Warwick
Original air date19 September 1966
Running time30 mins

Plot

When public opinion collides with private beliefs in a small town, the result is a tragedy of in tolerance that destroys. A woman is seriously injured in a car accident and requires a blood transfusion, but she refuses on religious grounds. She passes out and the doctor pleads with her husband to give permission. He refuses and the woman dies. The husband is blamed for the wife's death and is shunned by the neighbours.[2]

Cast
  • Terry McDermott as the husband
  • Jon Ewing as the doctor
  • George Mallaby
  • Patsy King as the wife
  • Moira Carleton as the disapproving neighbour
  • Rosalind Seagrave as the nurse
  • Roly Baree as a shopkeeper friend

Reception

The Age called it "an excellent illustration of careful and sustained characterisation... a rare combination of good acting, good writing and good direction."[3]

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See also
  • List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)

References
  1. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  2. "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. 41 (11, 486). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 September 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 25 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Monitor (1 October 1966). "ABC Playhouse has a winner". The Age. p. 23.


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