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| based_on = play by [[Josefina Niggli]]
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| director = [[Paul O'Loughlin]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2 (ABN) |page=33|date=18 May 1957|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1555579317|magazine=ABC Weekly}}</ref>
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| released = {{Start date|1957|05|15|df=y}} (Sydney)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=15 May 1957|title=Television News|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/126948669/?terms=%22sunday%20costs%20five%20pesos%22&match=1}}</ref>
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'''''Sunday Costs Five Pesos''''' is a 1957 Australian television film based on the one-act stage play of the same name by [[Josefina Niggli]]. Aired live in [[Melbourne]],<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rzNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3489%2C2823734</ref> it was a comedy set in [[Mexico]]. It was produced by Paul O'Loughlin.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2 (ABN) |page=33|date=18 May 1957|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1555579317|magazine=ABC Weekly}}</ref>
'''''Sunday Costs Five Pesos''''' is a 1957 Australian television film based on the one-act stage play of the same name by [[Josefina Niggli]]. Aired live in [[Melbourne]],<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=TV Guide|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rzNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3489%2C2823734|date=20 June 1957|page=14}}</ref> it was a comedy set in [[Mexico]].


A [[kinescope]] recording was made of the broadcast and shown in [[Sydney]] at a later date. These were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time. Duration of the television play was approximately 30 minutes, and aired on [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]].
A [[kinescope]] recording was made of the broadcast and shown in [[Sydney]] at a later date. These were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time. Duration of the television play was approximately 30 minutes, and aired on [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]].

It was one of the first comedies produced for Australian television, which had begun less than a year earlier.


Originally broadcast in Sydney on 15 May 1957<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=15 May 1957|page=9|title=Television News|page=9}}</ref> and in Melbourne on 21 June 1957<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=The Age|date=21 June 1957|page=16}}</ref>, it was one of the first comedies produced for Australian television, which had begun less than a year earlier. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>
==Plot==
==Plot==
A Mexican woman deals with an unfaithful lover.
A Mexican woman deals with an unfaithful lover.

==Cast==
==Cast==
*Guy Le Claire
*Guy Le Claire
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3365352/ ''Sunday Costs Five Pesos'' on IMDb]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3365352/ ''Sunday Costs Five Pesos'' on IMDb]

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Latest revision as of 18:26, 25 October 2024

Sunday Costs Five Pesos
Genrecomedy
Based onplay by Josefina Niggli
Directed byPaul O'Loughlin[2]
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release15 May 1957 (1957-05-15) (Sydney)[1]
Release21 June 1957 (1957-06-21) (Melbourne)[3]

Sunday Costs Five Pesos is a 1957 Australian television film based on the one-act stage play of the same name by Josefina Niggli. Aired live in Melbourne,[4] it was a comedy set in Mexico.

A kinescope recording was made of the broadcast and shown in Sydney at a later date. These were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time. Duration of the television play was approximately 30 minutes, and aired on ABC.

It was one of the first comedies produced for Australian television, which had begun less than a year earlier.

Plot

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A Mexican woman deals with an unfaithful lover.

Cast

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  • Guy Le Claire
  • Melpo Zaracosta (a Greek actor who had moved to Australia)
  • Brenda Senders
  • Audrey Teasdale
  • Joan Landor

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Television News". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 May 1957. p. 9.
  2. ^ "Looking Ahead on Channel 2 (ABN)". ABC Weekly. 18 May 1957. p. 33.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 21 June 1957. p. 16.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 20 June 1957. p. 14.
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