The Park Terrace Murder is a 1976 New Zealand television film written by Isa Moynihan, a lecturer in English, drama and linguistics. It is a dramatisation of a historic murder and subsequent trial from Christchurch in 1871. The later half which focussed on the trail was taken directly from court transcripts.
Cast George Henare as Cedeno Jacqui Dunn as Margaret Burke Jennifer Ludlam as Catherine Glynn Ernie Stanley as William Robinson Myra De Groot as Mrs. Robinson Vivienne Riddle as Caroline Robinson Nevan Rowe as Sofa Robinson Ray Edkins as Patrick Campbell Ken Blackburn as Thomas Joynt Waric Slyfield as Mr. Duncan William Johnson as Judge Gresson Bevan Wilson as George Fownes Roger Oakley as Sgt McKnight Robert Bell as Constable Pratt David Weatherley as Inspector Pender Gabriel Prendergast as Mr. Boog John Atha as John Cracroft Wilson Pam Seabold as Mrs. Cracroft Wilson Alan Johnston as Treadwell Scott Taylor as Prentice Donna Akersten as Mary Lee Grant as Mrs. Cotter Terence Cooper as Mr. Cotter Mary De Koster as Mrs. Boog Roy Billing as Father Chevier Norman Forsey as Price
Reception A. K. Grant in The Press wrote "As an example therefore of television acting and directing, the programme was a success. It could have done with a bit of tightening up." Grant then critisises the writer's approach to the case itself noting "The principal flaw in the production seemed to me to be a basic misconception on the part of the author, Isa Moynihan, of the choices open to Cedeno and his counsel at the trial."
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