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'''''Who Killed Kovali?''''' is a 1960 Australian |
'''''Who Killed Kovali?''''' is a 1960 Australian TV play. It had previously been filmed for British TV in 1957. |
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==Plot== |
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A tennis player who is given to chewing sweets while he plays, dies suddenly of arsenical poisoning during a match at Wimbledon. A Scotland Yard inspector (Keith Eden) looks into the murder with the help of his assistant (Charles Sinclair). Suspects include several tennis players (Owen Hopegood, Mark Kelly), the dead man's widow (Penelope Shelton), and an official (Laurier Lange).<ref name="smh"/> |
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==Cast== |
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*Keith Eden |
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*Edward Brayshaw |
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*Bryan Edwards |
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*Alan Hopgood |
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*Mark Kelly |
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*Fay Kelton |
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*Laurie Lange |
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*David Mitchell |
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*Carole Potter |
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*Penelope Shelton |
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*Charles Sinclair |
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==Reception== |
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The TV critic from the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' thought that the basic idea "could have been made diverting" but in the production, "attitudinising displaced frank exposure and cardboard cut-outs, delivering dialogue usually heard only in morning serials on radio, stood in for characters." He added that director William Sterling "kept the action moving smoothly and filled in such details as background music with unobtrusive efficiency."<ref name="smh">{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Mystery Play on television|date=15 September 1960 |page=11}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.imdb.com/title/ |
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1325191/?ref_=tt_trv_cnn ''Who Killed Kovali?'' 1957 British TV Production] at [[IMDB]] |
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*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3702718/ ''Who Killed Kovali?'' 1960 Production] at [[IMDB]] |
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{{William Sterling}} |
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[[Category:Australian films]] |
[[Category:Australian films]] |
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Revision as of 13:14, 16 February 2017
| Who Killed Kovali? | |
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| Directed by | William Sterling |
| Written by | Rex Rienits |
Production company | ABC |
Release date | 1960 |
Running time | 60 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Who Killed Kovali? is a 1960 Australian TV play. It had previously been filmed for British TV in 1957.
Plot
A tennis player who is given to chewing sweets while he plays, dies suddenly of arsenical poisoning during a match at Wimbledon. A Scotland Yard inspector (Keith Eden) looks into the murder with the help of his assistant (Charles Sinclair). Suspects include several tennis players (Owen Hopegood, Mark Kelly), the dead man's widow (Penelope Shelton), and an official (Laurier Lange).[1]
Cast
- Keith Eden
- Edward Brayshaw
- Bryan Edwards
- Alan Hopgood
- Mark Kelly
- Fay Kelton
- Laurie Lange
- David Mitchell
- Carole Potter
- Penelope Shelton
- Charles Sinclair
Reception
The TV critic from the Sydney Morning Herald thought that the basic idea "could have been made diverting" but in the production, "attitudinising displaced frank exposure and cardboard cut-outs, delivering dialogue usually heard only in morning serials on radio, stood in for characters." He added that director William Sterling "kept the action moving smoothly and filled in such details as background music with unobtrusive efficiency."[1]
References
External links
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