Secret Mountain

1953 Australian radio serial
Radio show
Secret Mountain
Genredrama serial
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Written byMorris West
Recording studioMelbourne
Original release1953
No. of series1
No. of episodes52

Secret Mountain is a 1953 Australian radio serial by Morris West. It told "The story of a group of people snowbound In a tiny chalet in the heart of the Austrian Tyrol, under the shadow of a towering peak."[1] Another account said the hero was "an ingenious young tourist, Paddy Geoghegan, who find's himself caught up in the tangle of lives of his six companions." [2]

It was one of a number of 52-episode serials written and produced by West.[3]

Cast

  • Richard Davies
  • Keith Eden
  • Kevin Brennan
  • Patricia Kennedy
  • Elizabeth Wing

References

  1. ^ "Advertising", ABC Weekly, 15 (34), Sydney, 22 August 1953, retrieved 13 December 2023 – via Trove
  2. ^ "Radio Roundabout", ABC Weekly, 15 (36), Sydney, 5 September 1953, retrieved 13 December 2023 – via Trove
  3. ^ "Capri Setting for DB Serial". The Age. No. 31, 053. Victoria, Australia. 11 November 1954. p. 1 ("THE AGE" RADIO SUPPLEMENT). Retrieved 13 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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Works by Morris West
Novels
  • Gallows on the Sand (1956)
  • Kundu (1956)
  • The Big Story (1957)
  • The Second Victory (1958)
  • The Devil's Advocate (1959)
  • Daughter of Silence (1961)
  • The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963)
  • The Ambassador (1965)
  • The Tower of Babel (1968)
  • Summer of the Red Wolf (1971)
  • The Salamander (1973)
  • Harlequin (1974)
  • The Navigator (1976)
  • Proteus (1979)
  • The Clowns of God (1981)
  • The World Is Made of Glass (1983)
  • Cassidy (1986)
  • Masterclass (1988)
  • Lazarus (1990)
  • The Ringmaster (1991)
  • The Lovers (1993)
  • Vanishing Point (1996)
  • Eminence (1996)
  • The Last Confession (2000)
Novels under pseudonyms
Non-fiction
  • Children of the Sun (1957)
Film/TV Adaptations
  • McCreary Moves In (1957) (TV)
  • Children of the Sun (1961) (TV)
  • The Crooked Road (1965)
  • The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
  • The Devil's Advocate (1977)
  • The Salamander (1981)
  • The Naked Country (1985)
  • The Second Victory (1987)
Radio
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