''Uncle Martino'' is a 1960 Australian television play. It was directed by

Christopher Muir Christopher Muir (1931 - 2022) was an Australian director and producer, notable for his work in TV in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1980s he was head of ABC Television drama. Biography Most of his early childhood was spent in France, but he ret ...

from a play by

Guido Cantini Guido Cantini (9 April 1889 – 1 January 1945) was an Italian playwright and screenwriter.Mancini p.229 Selected filmography * '' The Wedding March'' (1934) * ''The Carnival Is Here Again'' (1937) * ''The Dream of Butterfly'' (1939) * '' Eternal ...

Premise

In an Italian village, a family is unsure if Uncle Martino is a millionaire or a pauper.

Cast

Don Crosby George Wallace Donald Crosby, Order of Australia, OAM (29 October 1924 – 3 December 1985) was an Australians, Australian actor of radio, stage, television and film, radio producer, stage manager, airman and trade unionist. Early life The fift ...

as Martino * Peter O'Shaughnessy as Salvi * Barbara Brandon as Ameila *

Moira Carleton Moira may refer to: Places Australia * Moira, New South Wales, an Australian rural community * County of Moira, Victoria, Australia * Division of Moira, Victoria, Australia, an Electoral Division * Shire of Moira, a local government area in Victo ...

as Mansueta * Kira Daniels as Gina * Collins Hilton as Procaccia *

Paul Karo Paul Karo (June 1935 – 4 April 2025) was a Scottish-born, New Zealand and Australian actor and producer. He was notable for his role in Crawford Productions' first television soap opera '' The Box'' (as well as the feature film version of th ...

as Silvio *

Dennis Miller Dennis Michael Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American political commentator, stand-up comedian, talk show host, writer, actor and former sportscaster. Miller was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' fro ...

as Michel * Joy Mitchell as Viola * Ron Pinnell as Ghigo *

Wyn Roberts Ieuan Wyn Pritchard Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, PC (10 July 1930 – 13 December 2013) was a Welsh Conservative politician. His father was a Minister in a chapel in Llansadwrn, Anglesey, and they lived in the schoolhouse. He was Membe ...

as Trulla

Reception

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'' thought that the production "lacked the sheer relish in character-drawing and good humoured gusto that would have made it more than a rather laboured dissection of cupidity."

References

External links

* 1960 Australian television plays 1960 television plays Australian Broadcasting Corporation television plays Television plays filmed in Melbourne Television plays directed by Chris Muir {{Australia-tv-film-stub