- Source: Sunday Costs Five Pesos
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, 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
A Mexican woman deals with an unfaithful lover.
Cast
Guy Le Claire
Melpo Zaracosta (a Greek actor who had moved to Australia)
Brenda Senders
Audrey Teasdale
Joan Landor
See also
List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)
References
External links
Sunday Costs Five Pesos on IMDb