The Big Killing (Wednesday Theatre)

[9] A search of their website shows that the National Archives of Australia hold a copy of this program, with running time listing as 1:14:31.

Peter Ashbury is a young man who lives on Palm Beach, Sydney, with an expensive wife Mary and house he cannot afford.

Ian McKellen appeared in a 1962 production and called it "Another miserably- written "comedy thriller", which made the cast laugh more than the audience and which thrilled no-one.

[11] Filmink said "while the setting is ostensibly Sydney’s Palm Beach, the action really takes place in the Dial M for Murder never-never land of stylish cads, swish living rooms and adulterous wives.

"[15] Another critic for the same paper said it was "like a burst of fireworks... brilliantly acted... must surely rate as THE play so far this year" adding writer Mackie "threw in more angles and red herrings than a Perry Mason episode" and "managed to keep the plot going at a rattling pace until its last moments.