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The Cruel Test

The Cruel Test

1955TV Episode
CrimeDramaThriller
⭐ 6.8
IMDB Rating
13 votes

District Commissioner Clive Hastings sentences Tuah Ohe to ten years in jail. He promises revenge. Later that day Hastings and his son are left paralised by a poison. His wife has to make a choice over which one she gives the anti...

Director
David MacDonald
Writers
N/A
Stars
Ron Randell, Mark Dignam, Sonya Hana
Release Date
March 11, 1955
Language
English
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Ron Randell
Ron Randell
as Host
Mark Dignam
Mark Dignam
as Clive Hastings
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Sonya Hana
as Lanna
Joyce Heron
Joyce Heron
as Edna Hastings
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John A. Tinn
as Tuah Ohe
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Ian Whittaker
as Ted Hastings
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Andy Ho
as Maro

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Danziger Productions Ltd.

🎯 Categories

CrimeDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Cruel Test
by Prismark10 β€’ 2025-12-01
6/10

"Set in a British colony in the far east. District Commissioner Clive Hastings sentences criminal Tuah Ohe to ten years in jail. Ohe vows revenge and that he will not be in jail for long. Later that day Hastings and his son are seriously ill after consuming some soup. Poisoned by the housekeeper. His wife Edna Hastings a trained medic tries to make an antidote. There is only enough to give it to oner person. Shades of Sophie's Choice. One of the better stories in The Vise but at times, the acting is a bit ropey. Ian Whittaker who plays the son went on to become an Oscar winning art di..."

πŸ“– Synopsis

District Commissioner Clive Hastings sentences Tuah Ohe to ten years in jail. He promises revenge. Later that day Hastings and his son are left paralised by a poison. His wife has to make a choice over which one she gives the anti...