Naked Possum

Naked Possum is a 1956 Australian play by Barbara Vernon.

"[3] The Sydney Morning Herald called it "ripe old melodrama" with "stale situations and limping cliches".

[4] However The Bulletin said "it has a remarkably attractive set.. and a most impressive performance by Owen Weingott, while the plot has sufficient intricacy and suspense to keep one guessing.

"[5] During the Malayan Emergency, Australian troops looking for Communists arrive at a temple in the jungle.

They meet the widow of a murdered planter who tries to seduce the soldiers.