Movie: Tragedy in a Temporary Town

Top 10 Billed Cast

George Fairfax
George Fairfax

Frank Doran

Marjorie Archibald
Marjorie Archibald

Carol Armstrong
Carol Armstrong

Marcel Cugola
Marcel Cugola

Julio Infante

Michael Pate
Michael Pate

Alec Begg

Hymie Sharp
Hymie Sharp

Pike

Joyce Turner
Joyce Turner

John Norman
John Norman

Frank Gatliff
Frank Gatliff

Bettine Kauffman
Bettine Kauffman

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    Live television drama set in a caravan park in the US. Originally presented as a 1959 episode of the Australian anthology drama show Shell Presents starring Michael Pate. It was filmed "live" in Melbourne, then recorded and broadcast in Sydney. The same script was produced in 1956 for American television.

  • Release Date

    1959-05-16

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    English
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