Uneasy Paradise | |
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![]() Ad in The Age 26 Jun 1963 | |
Written by | Laurence Collinson [1] |
Directed by | William Sterling |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 60 mins |
Production company | ABC |
Original release | |
Release | 26 June 1963 | (Melbourne)
Release | 3 July 1963[2] | (Sydney)
Uneasy Paradise is a 1963 Australian television film directed by William Sterling. It is a 60-minute drama set in Melbourne about a gambler married to Sally. He loses much money at a club run by Paolo.
Australian drama was relatively rare at the time. [3]
Neville is a gambler married to Sally. He loses much money at a club run by Paolo.
The show was written by Melbourne writer Laurence Collinson. It was based on a true story and was written as part of a challenge by Sterling at a UNESCO conference in Adelaide. [5] William Sterling decided to treat the subject matter "neo-realistically". [6]
The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the plot "carried a spell of authenticity which was broken only by a contrived and comfortable ending" in which Sterling's production "exploited camera angles and action scenes vividly enough to make the-television medium, seem eminently suitable for an effective if somewhat sordid play that took all the tricks except the final, one of a satisfactory, ending." [7]
The Age criticised the writing saying, "every development could be telegraphed." [8]