Number 96 - The Pantyhose Stranger - 4-DVD Set ( Number Ninety Six - The Panty hose Stranger )

Number 96 - The Pantyhose Stranger - 4-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Number Ninety Six - The Panty hose Stranger
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
800 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Uncut

Movie filmed in 1972 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Brian Phillis
Peter Benardos

Written By:
Derek Strachan
Johnny Whyte

Actors:
Bunny Brooke ..... Flo Patterson (10 episodes, 1972-1977)
Mike Dorsey ..... Reg McDonald (10 episodes, 1974-1977)
Wendy Blacklock ..... Edie McDonald (10 episodes, 1974-1977)
Pat McDonald ..... Dorrie Evans (9 episodes, 1972-1977)
Chard Hayward ..... Dudley Butterfield (8 episodes, 1973-1977)
Elaine Lee ..... Vera Collins (8 episodes, 1972-1976)
Sheila Kennelly ..... Norma Whittaker (7 episodes, 1972-1977)
Ron Shand ..... Herbert Evans / ... (7 episodes, 1972-1977)
Jeff Kevin ..... Arnold Feather / ... (6 episodes, 1972-1977)
James Elliott ..... Alf Sutcliffe (6 episodes, 1972-1975)
Elisabeth Kirkby ..... Lucy Sutcliffe (6 episodes, 1972-1975)
Frances Hargreaves ..... Marilyn MacDonald (6 episodes, 1975-1977)
Pamela Gibbons ..... Grace 'Prim' Primrose (6 episodes, 1975-1976)
Gordon McDougall ..... Les Whittaker / ... (5 episodes, 1974-1977)
Kit Taylor ..... Warwick Thompson (5 episodes, 1975-1976)
Johnny Lockwood ..... Aldo Godolfus (4 episodes, 1972-1975)
Joe Hasham ..... Don Finlayson (4 episodes, 1972-1977)
Peter Adams ..... Andy Marshall (4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Margaret Laurence ..... Liz Chalmers Feather (4 episodes, 1975-1976)
Scott Lambert ..... Miles Cooper (4 episodes, 1975)
Natalie Mosco ..... Tanya Schnolskevitska (4 episodes, 1975)
Philippa Baker ..... Roma Godolfus (3 episodes, 1972-1975)
Bettina Welch ..... Maggie Cameron (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Paula Duncan ..... Carol Finlayson (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Pamela Garrick ..... Patti Olsen Feather (2 episodes, 1974)
Chantal Contouri ..... Tracey Wilson (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Mike Ferguson ..... Gary Whittaker (2 episodes, 1975)
Thelma Scott ..... Claire Houghton (2 episodes, 1974-1977)
Judi Farr ..... Alderman Mrs April Bullock (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Suzanne Church ..... Jane Chester (2 episodes, 1975-1977)
Dina Mann ..... Debbie Chester (2 episodes, 1975-1977)
Peter Flett ..... Michael Bartlett / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Gordon Glenwright ..... Arthur Partridge (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Vince Martin ..... David Palmer (2 episodes, 1975)
Arianthe Galani ..... Maria Panucci (1 episode, 1976-1977)
Abigail ..... Bev Houghton (1 episode, 1972-1976)
Anya Saleky ..... Jaja Gibson (1 episode, 1975-1976)
Paul Weingott ..... Bruce Taylor (1 episode, 1972)
Carol Raye ..... Baroness Amanda von Pappenburg (1 episode, 1973-1974)
Michael Howard ..... Grant Chandler (1 episode, 1976-1977)
Harry Michaels ..... Giovanni Lenzi (1 episode, 1976-1977)
Max Osbiston ..... Sargeant Murphy (1 episode, 1972-1975)
Sheila Bradley ..... Freda Fuller (1 episode, 1974-1975)
Ken Fraser ..... Dt. Sgt. Short / ... (1 episode, 1974-1975)
Brian Moll ..... Ian Buchanan (1 episode, 1974-1975)
Tom Oliver ..... Jack Sellars (1 episode, 1974)
Norman Yemm ..... Harry Collins (1 episode, 1974)
Patti Crocker ..... Eileen Chester (1 episode, 1975-1976)
Robert Davis ..... Scott Taylor (1 episode, 1975-1976)
Rowena Wallace ..... Muriel Thompson (1 episode, 1975-1976)
Jan Adele ..... Trixie O'Toole (1 episode, 1975)
Kevin Golsby ..... Trevor Banks (1 episode, 1975)

Synopsis:

NUMBER 96 was one of Australia's most controversial and highest rated TV shows ever. Now for the first time in years, see complete episodes of NUMBER 96 and discover why it is one of our most loved and influential drama series. When Les and Norma discover Wine Bar waitress Lorelei Wilkinson dead on their lounge, it's just the beginning of a killing spree from the apartment block's most notorious visitor ever, The Pantyhose Strangler. With everyone a potential victim or suspect, the residents try to move on with their lives even as the victims continue to pile up around them. Vera has worrying psychic visions about the killer and is poisoned. Don and Dudley are forced to play it straight for Carol's homophobic boyfriend. Herb is horrified when Dorrie and Flo compete against each other in a Senior Citizen's Club election. Reg has a secret admirer in Alderman Mrs Bullock. Norma's snobbish mother comes to stay. Lucy is upset by shock news from New Zealand . And Marilyn comes face to face with the Pantyhose Strangler while working late in the launderette. "Oh my God, it's you!" Marilyn screams. The Friday night cliffhanger from 1975 had the entire country on the edge of their seats as they waited all weekend to find out who the killer was. Now you can find out in one wild marathon screening of NUMBER 96!

Drama examining the lives of residents of a Sydney apartment block. Initial storylines focused on adultery, drug use, frigidity, rape, gossip, homosexuality, marriage problems, racism. The building's ground floor delicatessen run by Hungarian Jew Aldo Godolfus and the nearby laundrette provided central meeting places for characters. Original residents included busty blonde virgin Bev Houghton who fell in love with her neighbour, homosexual lawyer Don Finlayson. Don's flatmate lover was Bruce Taylor, a photographer who was secretly being kept financially by his employer, the bitchy and sardonic Maggie Cameron. Friendly Vera Collins read tarot cards for a living; her husband had deserted her and she would be perpetually unlucky in love. In flat 8 lived immigrants from Lancashire, whining Alf Sutcliffe and his salt of the earth wife Lucy, who worked in the laundrette. Interfering, malaproping gossip Dorrie Evans was the building's self-appointed 'conserge'; her husband was the more friendly Herb. Lovable rogue and ladies man Jack Sellars romanced Bev, Aldo had the problems of his rebellious daughter Rose before she got married and moved away, and Aldo's new wife Roma Lubinski joined him in his comedy attempts to use modern Australian idiom. Also coming to work at the deli was new resident, the bookish young Arnold Feather. A wine bar opened in the building, run by bubbly Norma Whittaker. She and her amateur inventor husband Les moved in to live in flat 1. Camp young movie fan Dudley Butterfield arrived to work in the wine bar, and Dorrie's old friend and now lodger was the no-nonsense Flo Patterson: a perfect foil for snobbish Dorrie. Maggie Cameron later became part owner of the building, frequently making unsuccessful attempts to evict the residents. The regimented Reg 'Daddy' McDonald, has dizzy wife Edie 'Mummy' McDonald and their ebullient daughter Marilyn later moved in the flat 5. An early storyline was the dreaded 'knicker snipper', a devious intruder who ransacked the women's bedrooms and cut holes in their panties and bras. Later comedy storylines were added, while 1974 saw more crime with the horrific panty-hose strangler killing off two young women residents, and attacking one other. 1975 saw four major stars killed off in the infamous bomb-blast episode: a failed attempt to boost the show's by then declining ratings. Australia's first full frontal nude scene was added during the later episodes in 1977 but nevertheless, ratings waned and the series eventually ended, with Dorrie, Herb and Don the only original characters still around at the end.

The nude, rude goings-on at Australia's most outrageous and infamous address! For the first time ever, of the groundbreaking and wildly popular Number 96 across 32 chronological episodes! This 4 Disc sets follows the compelling story of the infamous "Pantyhose Strangler" through his murderous underwear asphyxiations to the final revelation about his identity in the classic cliffhanger episode from 1975, and includes the usual sex-soaked exploits of all your favourite characters. Re-live every controversial moment and you'll discover why the nation couldn't get enough of the wildest apartment block on the small screen!

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 02 August, 2012.

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