The Astronauts (film)
The Astronauts is a television film, or rather a live television play, which aired in Australia during 1960 on ABC. Broadcast originally in Melbourne on 18 May 1960, a kinescope recording was made of the broadcast and shown in Sydney at a later date (it is not known if it was also shown on ABC's stations in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth). Duration was 60 minutes, in black-and-white. Written by Don Houghton and produced by Christopher Muir. Writer Houghton was quoted as saying "For the sake of the play, I hope any attempt to put a man into space will not be made before May 18".[1] The play was not science-fiction, but likely reflected the growing interest in the real-life space race.
Plot
Four men (two Americans, an Englishman and an Australian) are training in Australia to become astronauts,[2] and are preparing for the first manned space launch, for which only one of the men will be selected.[3]
Cast
- David Mitchell as Len Cassidy
- Mark Kelly as Jeff Burrows
- Tony Brown as Peter Corbitt
- Alan Hopgood as Dave Armstrong
- Keith Eden as Dr. Vaughan
- Kurt Ludescher as a scientist
- Kendrick Hudson as a U.S. Air Force general
- Marie Redshaw as Jill Corbitt
- Anne Harvey as Del Armstrong
- Collins Hilton as a steward
References
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AJ5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tqkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6123%2C3379558
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IWsRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xsUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4547%2C1980257
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IWsRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xsUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5696%2C1937548