The Prowler (1966 film)

The Prowler is an episode of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse.[3][4][5]

"The Prowler"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 4
Directed byAlan Burke
Teleplay byPat Flower
Produced byDavid Goddard
Original air date9 May 1966[1]
13 June 1966 (Brisbane)[2]
Running time30 mins
Guest appearance(s)

Gwen Plumb
Stewart Ginn
Judith Champ
Roger Box
Anthony Thurbon

Plot

A man, tired of hearing about his wife's dead first husband, decides to resurrect the man when rumours about a prowler begin to circulate.[6]

Cast
  • Gwen Plumb as Elsie Hopewell
  • Stewart Ginn as her husband Fred
  • Judith Champ as Jean Thurston
  • Roger Box as Morgan Thurston
  • Anthony Thurbon as detective

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald critic called it "negligible and easily puffed up to pass half an hour at a fairly slow pace; but it was quite entertainingly watchable thanks to Miss Flower's clever way with turns of phrase true to suburban bickering" and some "beautifully relaxed and subtle comedy-acting of Stewart Ginn and Gwen Plumb."[7]

The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald critic, who thought Flower's The Tape Recorder was "brilliant" called The Prowler "a miss".[8]

The Age said "the play was well acted and well produced; but it did not add up to anything. It felt as though I had been reading a novel and skipping page after page just to get to the story only to find that it had not been worth the trouble."[9]

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

References
  1. "The Prowler". The Age. 5 May 1966. p. 14.
  2. "The Prowler". TV Times. 8 June 1966. p. 1.
  3. "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. 9 May 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 29 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "CANBERRA REPERTORY Germany's most disputed play". The Canberra Times. 40 (11, 459). 4 May 1966. p. 23. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. "TV Guide". The Age. 5 May 1966. p. 17.
  7. "Comedy with a Light Touch". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 May 1966. p. 16.
  8. Marshall, Valda (22 May 1966). "Two hits and a miss". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 82.
  9. Monitor (14 May 1966). "Disappointing TV Play". The Age. p. 23.


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