Stranger, The (ABC 1964-1965, John Fraser, Jessica Noad)

The Stranger was actually a pair of scifi drama serials. In the first three teenagers Bernie and Jean Walsh and Peter Cannon help an alien stranger who is seeking a new home for his people from the planet Soshuniss. In the second serial the kids have to seek the help of the Aussie PM when Peter is kidnapped by the alien and taken to their planet.

production details
Australia / ABC / 12×30 minute episodes / Broadcast 1964 – 1965 in black and white

Writer: G.K. Saunders / Design: Geoffrey Wedlock / Producer: Storry Walton

cast
JOHN FRASER as Mr Walsh
JESSICA NOAD as Mrs Walsh
BILL LEVIS as Bernard Walsh
JANICE DINNEN as Jean Walsh
MICHAEL THOMAS as Peter Cannon
RON HADDRICK as Adam ‘The Stranger’ Suisse
REGINALD LIVERMORE as Varossa
OWEN WEINGOTT as Professor Mayer

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