Sixty Point Bold

Sixty Point Bold is a 1959 Australian television play which aired on ABC. It was produced by the Sydney station of the network, ABN-2, and was kinescoped/telerecorded for showing in Melbourne on ABV-2. It was the second 90-minute live television play produced by ABN. It was written and produced by Royston Morley and aired July 16, 1959 for 90 minutes.

Plot
Set in a fictional South American country, it concerned a newspaper magnate Andre Charvet who clashes with the president of the nation, whose democratic government has replaced a dictatorship. Charveet brings a foreign correspondent called David back to the country to campaign against the President.

Cast

 * Kevin Brennan as Andre Charvet
 * James Condon as President Ortega de Riverda
 * Dinah Shearing as Maria Charvet
 * Bruce Beeby as Paul Crevel, Maria's lover
 * Harp McGuire as David, a foreign correspondent
 * Charles Tasman
 * John Alden
 * Owen Weingott

Production
It was the third in a series of plays dealing with a man in political power. Advertising called it "the story of political intrigue, violence and romance in a Latin America state".