Kill and Cure is a 1971 Australian television play. It was a pilot for a proposed thriller anthology series The Shockers that was not picked up but which aired as a stand-alone production.
It aired in Melbourne on 27 January 1971 along with a number of pilots for series, including The Group, Catwalk, The Undertakers, and The Chris Kirby Show.[1] (On Sydney on 25 January it aired along with another pilot E Force One.) Jim Oswin, General Manager of ATN-7, said "we are going to make them and we are going to play them. Then the network is going to sit back and take a good, critical look at them. And we want viewers to do the same."[2] It was shot at Channel Seven's studio in Epping.
Reception
The Age felt it was too unsubtle and derivative.[3] The Sun Herald felt the series would have to come up with something better if it was to be greenlit.[4]
The Seven Network reportedly authorised "three or four" more episodes.[5]
Premise
Two doctors working in a mental asylum in France experiment on patients. One of them turns into a monster.
Cast
Ron Haddrick
Don Barkham
Tony Dreary
Tim Elliott
References
^"Pick the best". The Age. 21 January 1971. p. 29.
^Marshall, Valda (15 November 1970). "Channel 7's revolting again". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. p. 106.
^"Shades of steptoe". The Age. 29 January 1971. p. 2.
^"How did those pilots rate?". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. 31 January 1971. p. 83.
^"Pilot plans". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 February 1971. p. 117.
