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Black Limelight (1959 film)

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Black Limelight
Directed byWilliam Sterling
StarringPatricia Kennedy
Production
company
ABC
Release date
15 July 1959 (Melbourne)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Black Limelight is a 1959 Australian TV play. It was shot in ABC's Melbourne studios.[1]

Plot

A married man is suspected of murdering his mistress. His wife (Patricia Kennedy) fights to clear his name.

Cast

  • Patricia Kennedy
  • Bruce Beeby
  • Diana Bell
  • Moira Carleton
  • Frank Gatliff as lawyer friend
  • Ken Goodlet
  • Laurie Lange
  • Joy Mitchell
  • Beverley Phillips
  • Nevil Thurgood

Reception

The TV critic from the Sydney Morning Herald thought that "Patricia Kennedy's remarkable dramatic strength in the big leading role did much to minimise the gimmicky construction of thriller plot and some lack of incisive editing" and that "William Sterling's production was, in most places, worthy of the material."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Murder Drama From ABN". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 July 1959. p. 6.