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The Purple Jacaranda (1964)

The Purple Jacaranda poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
Australia
Length
1 season, 1 episode
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A suspense serial from the 1960s follows a cast of characters caught up in a mystery. The story unfolds over several weeks as events take unexpected turns.

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What happens

The Purple Jacaranda is an Australian television mini-series which aired on ABC in 1964, based on a novel by Nancy Graham and billed as the national broadcaster's first suspense serial. Cast included James Condon, Margo Lee, Ronald Morse, Diana Perryman, Walter Sullivan and John Unicomb. It was first broadcast on 28 June 1964, in Sydney. The final episode was shown on 9 August. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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