Night Stop

Night Stop is a 1963 Australian television play. It was filmed in Melbourne and had been performed on British TV.^[2][3]

Night Stop
Advertisement The Age 20 March 1963
Written by	Norman King
Directed by	Patrick Barton
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Running time	60 mins
Production company	ABC
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	20 March 1963 (1963-03-20) (Melbourne)
Release	12 June 1963 (1963-06-12) (Sydney)[1]

Plot

In a Midlands market town on the River Trent, a young bargeman, Eddy, is determined to learn the truth about the death of his friend, Frank. He believes the truth can be found in the Midlands market town on the River Trent.^[4]

Cast

• George Whaley as Eddy
• Judith Arthy as Julie
• Betty Berrell
• Helen Douglas
• Alan Hopgood as Gary
• Roma Johnstone
• Reg Livermore as Ray
• Leslie Wright as army corporal

Production

It was the second Australian TV production from Patrick Barton. Many of the cast were relative newcomers to Australian screens.^[5]

It was advertised as "live modern suspense drama".^[6]

Reception

The TV critic from the Sydney Morning Herald thought the script was "pointless sensation seeking... more than ordinarily tiresome. Why this weary reshuffling of mildewed dramatic effects in an English setting should have been called worth reproducing in it Melbourne studio is difficult to understand."^[7]