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1960 Australian TV series or program

Uncle Martino
Ad from the Age 24 Aug 1960
Written by	Victor Rietti
Music by	William Fitzwater
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Christopher Muir
Running time	60 mins
Production company	Australian Broadcasting Commission
Original release
Release	24 August 1960 (1960-08-24) (Melbourne, live)
Release	9 November 1960 (1960-11-09) (Sydney, taped)

Uncle Martino is a 1960 Australian television play. It was directed by Christopher Muir from a play by Guido Cantini.

Premise

In an Italian village, a family is unsure if Uncle Martino is a millionaire or a pauper.

Cast

Don Crosby as Martino
Peter O'Shaughnessy as Salvi
Barbara Brandon as Ameila
Moira Carleton as Mansueta
Kira Daniels as Gina
Collins Hilton as Procaccia
Paul Karo as Silvio
Dennis Miller as Michel
Joy Mitchell as Viola
Ron Pinnell as Ghigo
Wyn Roberts as Trulla

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald thought that the production "lacked the sheer relish in character-drawing and good humoured gusto that would have made it more than a rather laboured dissection of cupidity."

References

"Violin Theme for Play". The Age. 18 August 1960. p. 13.
"ABV-2 Retains Wednesday Spot". The Age. 11 August 1960. p. 14.
"TV Guide". The Age. 18 August 1960. p. 35.
"TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 1960. p. 18.
Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
"Comedy Lampoons Greedy Relatives". The Age. 18 August 1960. p. 14.
"Comedy Lampoons Greedy Relatives". The Age Supplement. 18 August 1960. p. 2.
"Italian Play On Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 November 1960. p. 15.

External links

Uncle Martino at IMDb

v t e TV productions of Christopher Muir
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Ballets	Giselle (1959) Ballet Studio (1959) The Nutcracker (1960) Coppelia (1960) The Bloodless Sand (1961) Sylvia (1961) Caranval (1961) The Spider's Banquet (1963) One in Five (1963) Robert Pomie Ballet (1963) Hans Christian Anderson (1963) The New Horizon (1964) The Fir Tree (1964) Seven Deadly Sins (1965) She (1967)
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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