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The Down Under Caper

The Down Under Caper

1962TV Episode⏱️ 1h 0mTV-PG
ActionCrimeDrama
7.2
IMDB Rating
51 votes

Malefactors invade Australian sheep station, looking for gold, and finding something quite different. Roger doesn't get the girl, again, although he did in real life.

Director
Michael O'Herlihy
Writers
N/A
Stars
Roger Smith, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edd Byrnes
Release Date
January 5, 1962
Language
English
💬 7
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Roger Smith
Roger Smith
as Jeff Spencer
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
as Stuart Bailey
Edd Byrnes
Edd Byrnes
as Kookie
Louis Quinn
Louis Quinn
as Pete Roscoe
Jacqueline Beer
Jacqueline Beer
as Suzanne Fabry
Robert Logan
Robert Logan
as J.R. Hale
Michael Pate
Michael Pate
as Reggie Waddick
Ronald Long
Ronald Long
as Harlan Kreger
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Hilda Plowright
as Mrs. Whitikker
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Pat Waddick
as Paddy

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Stage 14, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
Production
Warner Bros. Television

🎯 Categories

ActionCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

At least he doesn't play the guitar
by esmondj2015-02-24
5/10

"Quite fun. Like many of Roger Smith's 77SS scripts, this one makes no real sense, and seems to exist only to give RS some extremely unconvincing action sequences, and a part for his previous/current/future wife Victoria Shaw. He never seems to have considered the strong probability that the girl might have made a valid will, or to have bothered to look up (a) what 'billabong' means, lazily substituting 'lake', or (b) how a boomerang is thrown and why it is distinctive. The episode was clearly shot entirely in Burbank and the foothills, apart from some file footage of t..."

💡 Did You Know?

Guest star Victoria Shaw was married to Roger Smith at the time.

📖 Synopsis

Malefactors invade Australian sheep station, looking for gold, and finding something quite different. Roger doesn't get the girl, again, although he did in real life.