Sixty Point Bold

Sixty Point Bold is a 1959 Australian television play which aired on ABC. It was produced by the Sydney station of the network, ABN-2, and was kinescoped/telerecorded for showing in Melbourne on ABV-2. It was the second 90-minute live television play produced by ABN.^[3] It was written and produced by Royston Morley and aired July 16, 1959 for 90 minutes.^[4]

Sixty Point Bold
Ad from SMH 14 Jul 1958
Written by	Royston Morley
Directed by	Royston Morley
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Running time	90 mins
Production company	ABC
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	16 July 1958 (1958-07-16) (Sydney, live)[1]
Release	24 September 1958 (1958-09-24) (Melbourne, taped)[2]

Plot

Set in a fictional South American country, it concerned a newspaper magnate Andre Charvet who clashes with the president of the nation, whose democratic government has replaced a dictatorship. Charveet brings a foreign correspondent called David back to the country to campaign against the President.

Cast

• Kevin Brennan as Andre Charvet
• James Condon as President Ortega de Riverda
• Dinah Shearing as Maria Charvet
• Bruce Beeby as Paul Crevel, Maria's lover
• Harp McGuire as David, a foreign correspondent
• Charles Tasman
• John Alden
• Owen Weingott

Production

It was the third in a series of plays dealing with a man in political power.^[5] Advertising called it "the story of political intrigue, violence and romance in a Latin America state".^[6]

See also

• List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)