Survey - Time Out

I don't know, where's my wife? Do you know where my wife is? 

– Johnny O'Keefe (Bruno Lawrence) teases police officers

You did know he was going to shoot through, didn't you?

– A Wellington police detective grills Johnny O'Keefe (Bruno Lawrence)

You know all the answers...I don't.

– Johnny (Bruno Lawrence) stonewalls police detectives

Hans, now we can't talk to each other like this, can we?

– A senior police inspector tries to calm an agitated escaped prisoner

Word went around that Bruno would never appear on television again. Yet within six months he would be back on screen, to collect a Feltex award for his first prominent acting role. As a musician in the NZBC docudrama Time Out, Bruno’s earthy presence had stood out among the “trained” actors that dominated homegrown TV drama. Even his voice was different: a deep, honey-coated growl, clear and articulate, yet with a raw, unapologetic Kiwi-ness that came to be instantly recognised, even off-screen.

– Excerpt from AudioCulture obituary (first published in the NZ Listener) about Bruno Lawrence's turn in docudrama Time Out