E Force One
Genreaction
Written byAllen Sloane
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerMende Brown
Running time30 mins
Original release
NetworkSeven
ReleaseJanuary 25, 1971 (1971-01-25)

E Force One is a 1971 Australian television play. It was a pilot for a proposed series that was not picked up but which aired as a stand-alone production.[1]

It aired on Channel Seven along with a number of pilots for series, including The Group, Catwalk, Kill and Cure and The Undertakers.[2] Jim Oswin, General Manager of ATN-7, said "we are going to make them and we are going to play them. Then the network is going to sit back and take a good, critical look at them. And we want viewers to do the same."[3]

It was shot at Channel Seven's studio in Epping in late 1970. Dane Clark was imported to play the lead.[4]

It was remade as another pilot, the TV movie And Millions Will Die.[5]

Premise

A top unit investigates pollution problems. They are called in to investigate a series of mysterious deaths and trace it to a lady giving out a home made tonic.

Cast

  • Dane Clark as Marshall Putnam
  • Noel Ferrier
  • Mike Dorsey
  • Willie Fennell
  • Bill Bowman
  • Joan Bruce
  • Neva CarrGlynn

Reception

The Sun Herald said "it could be a winner but it was let down by its fuzzy script."[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Pilot plans". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 February 1971. p. 117.
  2. ↑ "Pick the best". The Age. 21 January 1971. p. 29.
  3. ↑ Marshall, Valda (15 November 1970). "Channel 7's revolting again". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. p. 106.
  4. ↑ "He'll Be No. 1 One in E Force One". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 December 1970. p. 8.
  5. ↑ "TV? I loathe it says TV star". The Age. 3 March 1973. p. 4.
  6. ↑ "How did those pilots rate?". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. 31 January 1971. p. 83.
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