Fly by Night

Fly By Night is a 1962 Australian TV play broadcast on the ABC and filmed in London. Written expressly for television, it starred Sophie Stewart who was also in The Little Woman. Plot In London near the Thames, Miss Tyrell, an elderly vagrant, meets a middle aged suburban housewife and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter, in a dockside cafe. Miss Tyrell prompts the Dexters to rebel against their life. Cast Dorothy Dunckley as Miss Tyrell Sophie Stewart as Mrs Dexter, suburban housewife Michael Duffield as her husband, Mr Dexter John Ewart as Taxi Driver Stewart Ginn Peter Morris Lou Vernon as Seamus James Elliott as Seaman Olive Walker Nat Levison Production The play had originally been filmed for British TV in 1961.