The Square Ring (1960 film)

The Square Ring is a 1960 Australian TV play based on a stage play by Australian Ralph Petersen which had been successful on the stage in England and been filmed in 1953.

The Square Ring
18 Apr 1960 advertisement
Based onplay The Square Ring by Ralph Peterson
Directed byRaymond Menmuir
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
Production
Running time90 mins
Production company(s)ABC
Release
Original networkABC
Original release20 April 1960 (Sydney, live)[1]
10 August 1960 (Melbourne)[2]

It was recorded live in Sydney. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]

Plot

Six fighters wait for their turn in the ring. Ex champ Docker Starkie is trying to make a comeback; Eddie Burke is a new boy on the way up; Harry Coombers is a certain future champion; Rick Martell is planning on throwing a fight; Sailor Johnson is a broken-down has-been; Rawlings likes to read books before a fight.

Cast
  • Don Barkham as Eddie Burke
  • Guy Doleman as Harry Coombes[4]
  • Jack Fegan as Docker Starkie
  • Ken Goodlet as Sailor Johnson
  • Joe Jenkins as Rowdie Rawling
  • Owen Weingott as Rick Martell
  • Edward Hepple as Danny Felton, the handler
  • Al Thomas as the stadium manager
  • Ben Gabriel Joe
  • Louis Wishart as stadium doctor
  • Max Osbiston as Watty
  • John Unicomb as Ford

Production

Sydney boxing trainer Ern McQuillan was the technical advisor for the story. Joe Jenkins, who appeared often on television as a dancer, makes his acting debut as Rowdie Rawlings.[5] He would later go on to appear in several Australian TV dramas such as The Emperor Jones, Two-Headed Eagle and The End Begins.[6] [7]

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References
  1. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 April 1960. p. 20.
  2. "Highlights on TV". The Age. p. 5.
  3. Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. "Big TV cover of the Rome Olympics". The Australian Women's Weekly. 28 ([?]). Australia, Australia. 3 August 1960. p. 55. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Drama of the Ring". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 April 1960. p. 19.
  6. "Negro in "Live" Drama". Sydney Morning Herald. June 13, 1961. p. 30.
  7. Vagg, Stephen (May 25, 2020). "The A to Z of Non-White Aussie Movies and TV in White Australia". Filmink.
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