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A film about the making of a television film, which gently satirises all the members of a film unit, and is a lesson in how not to direct a television play. The story is seen through the eyes of Joe McGill, a professional television extra given his first speaking part of two lines. But everything that can possibly go wrong in location filming, does go wrong. Stars Jack Shepard.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
013689
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television - Production and direction
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television film
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television film recording
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television producers and directors
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)