The Lady and the Law

  • ABC
  • Brittain Productions
Original releaseNetworkABCRelease20 August 1972 (1972-08-20)[1]

The Lady and the Law: A Long Dark Afternoon is a 1972 Australian television play. It was made as the pilot for a series but aired as a stand-alone television play.[2]

Premise

Barrister Peta Mann defends Marion Hall, who has escaped from a lunatic asylum. She was committed by her uncle Mark Fulton.

Cast

  • Jill Forster as Peta Mann
  • Anne Haddy
  • Brian James
  • Nigel Lovell
  • Peter Reynolds as Mark Fulton
  • Judy Morris as Marion Hall
  • Peter Sumner
  • John Winston
  • Max Meldrum

Reception

The Sun Herald thought Forster was "unbelievable" as a barrister and was "bogged down by writing, casting and storyline."[3]

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 12 January 1973. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Television beauty as able barrister". The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide. 14 August 1972. p. 1.
  3. ^ "More Family at War? Not Yet". Sun Herald. 27 August 1972. p. 115.

External links

  • The Law and the Lady at IMDb


  • v
  • t
  • e