I Found Joe Barton


I Found Joe Barton, also known as The Adventures of Al Munch, was a 1952 film made for Australian television starring Bud Tingwell and Lloyd Berrell. The first Australian drama show made specifically for television, it was the pilot for a series which did not eventuate called The Adventures of Al Munch. However it screened in some cinemas.

Munch contacts a lawyer, Timothy OLeary, to find Barton, but then OLeary is murdered. Munch discovers Barton and hands him over to the police for OLearys murder.The series was the brainchild of American radio producer Grace Gibson, who was the largest packager of radio drama in Sydney. Although television was not introduced in Australia until 1956, she wanted to make a show for the American market using an Australian cast and crew, but American writers and directors. There were a number of Australian radio serials at the time about American characters. ........

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