Kill and Cure
Kill and Cure | |
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Genre | horror |
Written by | James Workman |
Directed by | David Cahill |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | David Cahill |
Running time | 30 mins |
Original release | |
Network | Seven |
Release | January 25, 1971 (1971-01-25) |
Kill and Cure is a 1971 Australian television play. It was a pilot for a proposed thriller anthology series The Shockers that was not picked up but which aired as a stand-alone production.
It aired in Melbourne on 27 January 1971 along with a number of pilots for series, including The Group, Catwalk, The Undertakers, and The Chris Kirby Show.[1] (On Sydney on 25 January it aired along with another pilot E Force One.) Jim Oswin, General Manager of ATN-7, said "we are going to make them and we are going to play them. Then the network is going to sit back and take a good, critical look at them. And we want viewers to do the same."[2] It was shot at Channel Seven's studio in Epping.
Reception
The Age felt it was too unsubtle and derivative.[3] The Sun Herald felt the series would have to come up with something better if it was to be greenlit.[4]
The Seven Network reportedly authorised "three or four" more episodes.[5]
Premise
Two doctors working in a mental asylum in France experiment on patients. One of them turns into a monster.
Cast
- Ron Haddrick
- Don Barkham
- Tony Dreary
- Tim Elliott
References
- ^ "Pick the best". The Age. 21 January 1971. p. 29.
- ^ Marshall, Valda (15 November 1970). "Channel 7's revolting again". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. p. 106.
- ^ "Shades of steptoe". The Age. 29 January 1971. p. 2.
- ^ "How did those pilots rate?". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. 31 January 1971. p. 83.
- ^ "Pilot plans". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 February 1971. p. 117.
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