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(Redirected from Last Call (1958 TV play)) 1958 Australian TV film

Last Call
Advertisement from 17 Oct 1958
Written by	Donald Fraser
Directed by	Christopher Muir
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Running time	60 mins
Production company	ABC
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	19 October 1958 (1958-10-19) (Melbourne, live)
Release	4 January 1959 (1959-01-04) (Sydney)

Last Call is a 1958 Australian TV play set in a South American country. It was directed by Christopher Muir.

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.

Cast

John Morgan
Richard Pratt
Wynn Roberts
Judith Thompson

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").

Some outdoor scenes were shot at Moorabbin Airport.

Judith Thompson later appeared in another South American set drama, You Can't Win 'Em All.

References

"TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 December 1959.
"TV Guide". The Age. 17 October 1958. p. 32.
"TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 January 1959. p. 59.
Vagg, Stephen (21 October 2022). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Last Call – when Richard Pratt did television". Filmink.
"All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 31 December 1958. p. 35.
"Line Up of TV Dramas for Sunday Night". The Age. 26 September 1958. p. 24.
"Untitled". The Age. 17 October 1958. p. 25.
Vagg, Stephen (24 November 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: You Can't Win 'Em All". Filmink.

External links

Last Call at IMDb

v t e TV productions of Christopher Muir
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Operas	Amahl and the Night Visitors (1957) Fidelo (1958) Albert Herring (1959) The Bartered Bride (1960) The Secret of Susannah (1961) Il Tabarro (1961) The Ambitious Servant Girl (1962) The Prodigal Son (1962) The Consul (1962) Bastien and Bastienne (1963) Simone Boccanegra (1963) Peter Grimes (1964) The Bloodless Sand (1964) Martha (1964) Carmen (1965)
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Feature film	Libido (1973)
TV series	Lucky Colour Blue (1975) (TV series) Andra (1976) (TV series) Golden Pennies (1985) (TV mini series) Great Expectations: The Untold Story (1988)

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