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Last Rites is a 1975 Australian television play.

It later aired in 1977 as an episode of Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse.

Premise

Industrialist Eric Cordett, arranges a meeting with an Asian consortium at his country house miles out of Sydney. It is seven years since his wife, Viola, was kidnapped from the house, never to be seen again, and Cordett has not been there since. He now has control of his wife's assets. Ex-chief inspector Beecham, an investigator associated with the case, turns up.

Cast

• Michael Craig as Eric Cordett
• Cornelia Frances as Elaine
• Nigel Lovell as Beecham
• John Hargreaves as Bennett
• John Derum as Dymock
• Jo Stenning as Viola

References

1. "Suspense at 8 pm". The Age TV Guide. 13 March 1975. p. 2.
2. "LIZA MINELLI AT HER BEST IN CABARET". The Bananacoast Opinion. No. 139. New South Wales, Australia. 14 September 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p99

External links

• Last Rites at IMDb
• Last Rites at Screen Australia

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