Consider Your Verdict
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Production
The television series was recorded at the HSV-7 Fitzroy Tele-theatre in Melbourne. There were 163 one-hour episodes. The series was also popular in New Zealand.
Synopsis
The series made use of a revolving cast to portray various court cases. The actors were given the details of a given case and instructed to improvise their performances to give the series a more authentic, immediate feel.
Cast
- Terence Donovan as Keith Upton (1961–1963)
- Anne Charleston (1962/1964, 2 episodes)
- Annette Andre as The Other Woman (1961, 1 episode)
- Ben Gabriel (1964, 1 episode)
- David Watt as Leslie Butler (1962, 1 episode)
- Denys Burrows (1962)
- Edward Howell as Costella (1963, 2 episodes)
- Elspeth Ballantyne as Cynthia Martin (1 episode)
- George Fairfax as Crown Prosecutor John Taylor (1962, 1 episode)
- George Whaley as Don Fraser / Stanley Naughton (1962–1964, 3 episodes)
- Harold Blair as Tommy Bent (1962, 1 episode)
- Ian Turpie (1964, 1 episode)
- Isobel Kuhl as Gladys Willetts (1962, 1 episode)
- James Elliott (1962, 1 episode)
- James Scullin as Rocky Hawkins (1962, 1 episode)
- Joe McCormick (1962)
- John Fegan as Owen Bresley (1962, 1 episode)
- Juliana Allen as Lynne Driscoll (1962, 1 episode)
- Kit Taylor (1964)
- Leonard Teale (1961–1964)
- Liz Harris as Kath Hutchins (1962, 1 episode)
- Lyndel Rowe as Helen Humphries (1964, 1 episode)
- Maggie Millar as Lydia Durant (1962, 1 episode)
- Mark Edwards
- Marion Edward as Myra Fuller (1963, 1 episode)
- Max Phipps (1964, 1 episode)
- Melissa Jaffer (1961, 1 episode)
- Nigel Lovell (1962)
- Raymond Fedden as Ed Rowe (1962, 1 episode)
- Reg Gorman as Reg Fraser (1964/1966, 2 episodes)
- Robert Jewell as Dave Betts (1962/1963, 2 episodes)
- Sheila Florance as Jocelyn Matthews / Laura Radford (1962/1963, 2 episodes)
- Stewart Ginn as Robert Wilkins (1962, 1 episode)
- Terry McDermott as Det. Sgt. Bronson / William Draper (1962/1964, 3 episodes)
- Tom Oliver (1964)
- Tommy Dysart as Jack McLean (1963, 1 episode)
- Vernon Spencer as Graham Butler (1962, 1 episode)
- Walter Pym as Julius Armstrong (1964, 1 episode)
- Wynn Roberts as Defence Counsel Robert Winter (1962, 1 episode)
Notable episodes
- Queen Versus Bent starring Harold Blair
Awards
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| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 1962 | Logie Awards | Best Drama Series | Consider Your Verdict | Won | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
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References
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External links
- Script error: No such module "String"./ Script error: No such module "If empty". at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Consider Your Verdict at Classic Australian Television
- Consider Your Verdict at the National Film and Sound Archive
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- 1960s Australian drama television series
- Australian legal television series
- Black-and-white Australian television shows
- Australian English-language television shows
- Seven Network original programming
- Television shows set in Victoria (state)
- 1961 Australian television series debuts
- 1964 Australian television series endings
- Television series by Crawford Productions