Sixty Point Bold

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| caption = Ad from SMH 14 Jul 1958

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| writer = Royston Morley

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| director = Royston Morley

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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| runtime = 90 mins

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| released = {{Start date|1958|07|16|df=y}} (Sydney, live){{cite magazine|magazine=ABC Weekly|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2, ABN

|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1446587479|page=33|date=July 16, 1958}}

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Sixty Point Bold is a 1959 Australian television play which aired on ABC. It was produced by the Sydney station of the network, ABN-2, and was kinescoped/telerecorded for showing in Melbourne on ABV-2. It was the second 90-minute live television play produced by ABN.{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Live newspaper Play|date=14 July 1958|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OXlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D-UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3474%2C3370336}} It was written and produced by Royston Morley and aired July 16, 1959 for 90 minutes.{{cite magazine|page=16|magazine=ABC Weekly| title=All the TV Programmes |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1446587501}}

Plot

Set in a fictional South American country, it concerned a newspaper magnate Andre Charvet who clashes with the president of the nation, whose democratic government has replaced a dictatorship. Charveet brings a foreign correspondent called David back to the country to campaign against the President.

Cast

==Production==

It was the third in a series of plays dealing with a man in political power.{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=30 June 1958|page=5|title=Leading Cast for Play}} Advertising called it "the story of political intrigue, violence and romance in a Latin America state".{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Advertising|date=14 July 1958|page=9}}

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