Suspect

"Suspect" is a 1961 Australian television play. It was originally made for HSV-7 then presented as part of the General Motors Hour It was produced by Peter Cotes, who had made Long Distance. "Suspect" aired on 3 June 1962 in Sydney and Melbourne, and on 7 October 1962 in Brisbane and Adelaide. Cotes adapted the play Suspect by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham which was based on the Sandyford murder case. Plot The son of Mrs Smith (née Maggie Wishart) is about to marry a doctor's daughter. A press baron, Sir Hugo, arrives who thirty years ago covered a trial where Maggie cut up her mother and father with an axe. Maggie claims she's innocent... but is she telling the truth? Cast Joan Miller as Mrs Smith Kenneth Burgess as Rev. Alfred Combermere Moira Carleton as Goodie McIntire Michael Duffield- as Dr. Rendle Patsy King as Janet Clement McCallin as Sir Hugo Fred Parslow as Robert Bettina Welchas Lady Const