Original air date 1959 Genre Live television | Teleplay by Ted Willis First episode date 1960 | |
The Scent of Fear is television play written by Ted Willis. It was originally written for British anthology series Armchair Theatre, adapted from the story "Stowaway" by Mary Higgins Clark. It was filmed for Australian TV in 1960.
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Plot
A youth in an Iron Curtain country, to escape from police, hides in a plane that is to fly to the UK. An air hostess finds him and he begs her not to turn him in. She has to hide him from various policemen.
1959 British TV Version
The play was first filmed for British TV in 1959.
Cast
1960 Australian TV Version
The Australian version was directed by James Upshaw. Broadcast live on ABC's Sydney station, it was kinescoped ("telerecorded") for showing on other ABC stations.
Cast
Production
The show was filmed at ABC's Sydney studios with exteriors shot at Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport.
Reception
Sydney Morning Herald gave it a mixed review, but noted that "Max Meldrum made a superbly terrified fugitive" and "Owen Weingott was excellent as Sten, the disguised communist head of secret police".
US Screening
The play was bought for screening in the US by CBS in 1961 along with another Australian play, Outpost.