Queen Versus Bent Explained

Series:	Consider Your Verdict
Season:	1
Episode:	81
Length:	60 mins

"Queen Versus Bent" is an episode of the Australian television series Consider Your Verdict. It is notable for featuring Aboriginal actor Harold Blair.^[1] "Queen Versus Bent" aired on 9 September 1962 in Sydney,^[2] and on 16 September 1962 in Melbourne.^[3]

Plot

Tommy Bent, an Aboriginal stockman, is charged with shooting the boss's nephew Graham.

Cast

Juliana Allen as Lynne Driscoll
Harold Blair as Tommy Bent
David Watt as Leslie Butler
Vernon Spencer as Graham Butler
James Scullin as Rocky Hawkins
Raymond Fedden as Ed Rowe
Isobel Kuhl as Gladys Willetts
George Fairfax as Crown prosecutor John Taylor
Wynn Roberts as Defence counsel Robert Winter

Notes and References

http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/CYV.htm Consider Your Verdict
News: 9 September 1962. Sydney Morning Herald. TV Guide. 99.
News: The Age. TV Guide. 13 September 1962. 31.