PLAYHOUSE 90
Episode Guide
version 28.0 March 2008
(Ep 2.11, 2.22, 2.23 2.25)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
http://ctva.biz/index.htm
with contributions by:
Rina Fox
Tom Alger
Brenda White (assistant to Director Arthur Hiller) <HILLER1122@aol.com> (eps
1.29. 1.35)
**Special Thanks to Francis M. Nevins, Professor at SLU
<FMN>
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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PLAYHOUSE 90
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CBS Television Network Production (live episodes)
"Live from Television City in Hollywood"
Screen Gems, Inc. (filmed episodes)
broadcast on
CBS (Thursdays 9:30-11:00 pm, weekly, except final season fortnightly)
Produced by Martin Manulis (majority of "live" episode seasons 1-2, 1956-58)
Produced by Fred Coe (many season 3-4, 1958-60)
Produced by Herbert Brodkin (late season 3, early 1959)
US anthology drama series 1956-60 episodes x 90 min bw
4Oct56-18May60
Emmys
1956 - Best New series
1957 - Best Dramatic anthology
1960 - Best Dramatic program
This was the series that marked the real beginning of the TV movie.
Cinematographers include: Albert Kurland
'Playhouse 90' theme music by Alex North
Original music by Jerry Goldsmith & John Williams
Announcer: Dick Joy
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CBS Thursdays 9:30-11:00 pm weekly
1.01 [001] Playhouse 90: FORBIDDEN AREA (Live)
prod. #56-01
04Oct1956 CBS Thur
Written by Rod Serling
Based on Pat Frank's novel FORBIDDEN AREA (Lippincott, 1956)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Charlton Heston ..... Major Jesse Price
Diana Lynn .......... Katharine Hume
Tab Hunter .......... Stanley Smith
Vincent Price ....... Clark Simmons
Jackie Coogan ....... Sgt. Ciocci
Victor Jory ......... General Clumb
Charles Bickford .... General Keatton
Synopsis 1:
A one-eyed colonel intent of solving the mystery of the exploding
bombers. Soviet agents have infiltrated a secret air base and
are busy doing away with American aircraft. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Two men and a woman working in the Pentagon become convinced that an atomic
attack by the Soviet Union is imminent and that the defects in a new type of U.S.
bomber were the
result of sabotage, but they can't get the military brass to listen. [FMN]
1.02 [002] Playhouse 90: REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT (Live)
prod. #56-02
11Oct1956 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis / associate producer, Julian Claman
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Hosted by Eddie Cantor
cast
Jack Palance ....... Harlan "Mountain" McClintock
Kim Hunter ......... Grace Carney
Ed Wynn ............ Army
Keenan Wynn ........ Maish Rennick
Max Baer ........... Mike
"Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom .... Steve
Edgar Stehli ....... Doctor
Stanley Adams ...... Parelli
Ned Glass .......... Bartender
Frank Richards ..... Fighter in bar
Lyn Osborn ......... Photographer
Joe Abdullah ....... Fight Announcer
Ivan Rasputin ...... Wrestler
Ted Christy ........ Wrestler
Karl Davis ......... Wrestler
Young Jack Johnson .. Champ
Synopsis:
A professional heavyweight boxer is burned out after fourteen years
in the ring. When during his last fight he is sold out by his devious
manager, he struggles to find new meaning in his life. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A battered and broken down fighter gives unquestioning loyalty
to his unscrupulous manager. An understanding woman tries to
help the boxer out of his predicament. [RF]
*Note: EMMY award winning episode for Best Director (Nelson),
Best Writer (Serling), Best Actor (Palance), Best Supporting Actor (Ed Wynn),
Best Single Program of the Year, Best Art Direction,
1.03 [003] Playhouse 90: SIZEMAN AND SON (Live)
prod. #56-03
18Oct1956 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis / associate producer, Julian Claman
Written by Elick Moll
Directed by Vincent J. Donahue
Hosted by Franchot Tone
cast
Eddie Cantor ........ Morris Sizeman
Mona Freeman ........ Marie Sizeman
Farley Granger ...... Harold Sizeman
Peter Lorre ......... Karp
Carol Morris ........ Francine
Lawrence Dobkin ..... Rosenzweig
Nan Boardman ........ Sophie
Than Wyenn .......... Wilenski
Peter Leeds ......... Larry Kogen
Frances Lax ......... Bessie
S. John Launer ...... Magnusson
Jymme Shore ......... Jennie
Francis Morris ...... Mrs. Kelly
Ruth Ain ............ Miss Youssem
Dan Blocker ......... Lewis
Ernestine Wade ...... Gladys
Jeanne Cooper ....... Receptionist
Synopsis 1:
Sizeman owns a dress-manufacturing business in New York City.
When his son was born, he added the words "and Son" to the name
of the company, hoping that they would work together some day.
Then the son returns from the Korean War a changed man. Regarding
himself as a savior of the common man from the greed of the bosses,
he disrupts the happy working atmosphere at Sizeman and Son´s. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The son of a Manhattan dress manufacturer returns from the Korean war
with a new social and political ideals which disrupt the happy working
atmosphere at the plant when he tries to put
them into practice. [FMN]
*Note: Elick Moll later adapted this teleplay into the
novel SEIDMAN AND SON (Putnam, 1958). [FMN]
1.04 [004] Playhouse 90: RENDEZVOUS IN BLACK
prod. #56-04
25Oct1956 CBS Thur
Written by James P. Cavanagh
Story by Cornell Woolrich
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Hosted by Frank Lovejoy
cast
Franchot Tone ....... Johnny Marr
Laraine Day ......... Florence Strickland
Boris Karloff ....... Ward Allen
Tom Drake ........... Johnny Mark
Viveca Lindfors ..... Martine
Elizabeth Patterson ...... Mrs. Middleton
Synopsis 1:
The unexplainable death of a young man's fiancee while waiting for him on
a street corner sets off a series of seemingly
unrelated murders in the city. [FMN]
Synopsis 2:
"Rendezvous in black" is about Johnny Marr who finds his fiancee killed
by something dropped off a plane - an accident, pure and simple. This
triggers a fundamental reaction in Johnny -- a gruesome fate awaits the
passengers of that plane. [RF]
*Note: This story is from Cornell Woolrich's Black series of novels from
the 40's. The other novels are The Bride Wore Black, The Black Curtain,
The Black Alibi, The Black Angel, The Black Path of Fear and Rendezvous
in Black. Woolrich is known as the father of "noir" and is most remembered
for "Rear Window". Woolrich also used the psuedomyn William Irish.
1.05 [005] Playhouse 90: THE COUNTRY HUSBAND (film)
prod. #56-05
01Nov1956 CBS Thur
Produced by Eva Wolas
Written by Paul Monash
Based on John Cheever's short story "The Country Husband"
(The New Yorker, 20 November 1954; collected
in THE HOUSEBREAKER OF SHADY HILL, Harper 1958)
[FN]
Directed by James Neilson
Director of photography Gert Andersen
Film editor Henry Batista
Hosted by Red Skelton
cast
Frank Lovejoy ....... William Wiley
Barbara Hale ........ Julia Wiley
Felicia Farr ........ Anne Murchinson
Kerwin Mathews ...... Clay Farrell
Herbert Rudley ...... Farrell Sr.
Jeanne Cooper ....... Shirl
John Zaremba ........ Mr. Murchison
Hugh Sanders ........ Robert Guinness
S. John Launer ...... Passenger
Synopsis 1:
After a close brush with death, a businessman intends to live each
and every day to the fullest without regard to his wife and child.
When he falls for the babysitter he considers running off with her
but returns after a lot of soul-searching to his
wife who forgives him. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
An advertising executive narrowly escapes death when an airplane
he's traveling on makes a forced landing. This incident jars him
out of his routine attitude toward life. In search of excitement
and adventure he becomes involved romantically with a young girl. [RF]
1.06 [006] Playhouse 90: THE BIG SLIDE
prod. #56-06
08Nov1956 CBS Thur
Written by Edmund Beloin & Dean Reisner
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Hosted by Ralph Bellamy
cast
Red Skelton ......... Buddy McCoy (nominated for an Emmy)
Shirley Jones ....... May Marley (nominated for an Emmy)
Murray Hamilton ..... Chick Tolliver
Eddie Firestone ..... Steve Madden
Jack Albertson ...... Al St. George
Jack Mulhall ........ Joe Ashley
Fay Spain ........... Crystal Vail
Victor Sutherland ... L.K. Zimmer
Lyn Osborn
Synopsis:
When a second-rate vaudeville comic becomes a silent movie star,
the conflict between his love for an actress and the demands of his career
brings tragedy and heartbreak to the clown. [FMN]
1.07 [007] Playhouse 90: HERITAGE OF ANGER
prod. #56-07
15Nov1956 CBS Thur
Script by Harold Jack Bloom
Directed by Vincent J. Donehue
Hosted by Kay Thompson
cast
Ralph Bellamy ....... Eddie Hanneman
Nina Foch ........... Libby Hanneman
Lloyd Bridges ....... Paul Fletcher
John Ericson ........ Johnny Hanneman
Tom Brown ........... Arthur Hanneman
Onslow Stevens ...... Sidney Lennox
Synopsis:
A rough-spoken industrial tycoon discovers that his sons have no interest in
taking over
his empire and that his sales manager will do anything to become its next head. [FMN]
Synopsis 2:
Eddie Hanneman and industrialist who has spent his entire life building
an industrial empire for himself and his family is disappointed when he learns that
his two sons have ideas and plans of their own, he simply assumed they would take
over the empire. This plan is thwarted in two ways: by his sons who aren't interested, and
by Paul Fletcher, who has been his sales manager for many years and is
very much interested in moving into Hanneman's
shoes. [RF]
1.08 [008] Playhouse 90: ELOISE
prod. #56-08
22Nov1956 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Leonard Spigelgass
Based on Kay Thompson's novel "ELOISE" (Simon & Schuster, 1955)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Evelyn Rudie ....... Eloise
Ethel Barrymore .... Herself
Louis Jourdan ...... European Prince
Kay Thompson ....... Herself
Hans Conried ....... Rene the French Waiter
Charles Ruggles .... Murphy
Mildred Natwick .... Nanny
Jack Mullaney ...... Eloise's Tutor
Conrad Hilton ...... Himself
Maxie Rosenblum .... Himself
Monte Wooley ....... Himself
William Roerick .... Manager of the Plaza
Inger Stevens ...... Joanna
Bartlett Robinson .. Eloise's Lawyer
*
Musical Numbers:
"Eloise", "How to Raise a Child", "I Am in the Persian Room"
"Oh, What a Love-a-ly Morning", "Johanna"
Songs written by Kay Thompson
Lennie Hayton Orchestra
http://www.eloisewebsite.com/eloise_on_tv.htm
Synopsis 1:
A threatened divorce by Eloise's parents, causes the little
mischievous imp to act out and spy on her tutor who is having
a romance with the chambermaid. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A six-year-old brat, who lives at Manhattan's Plaza Hotel with an English nurse
and
a dog and a turtle and loves to perform cute tricks like pouring water down the
mail chute, decides to create a romance between the prince who lives next door
and a pretty chambermaid. [FMN]
1.09 [009] Playhouse 90: CONFESSION (film)
prod. #56-09
29Nov1956 CBS Thur
Screen Gems Inc. Filmed Presentation
Production Executive, Fred Briskin
Produced by Eva Wolas
Written by Devery Freeman
Directed by Anton M. Leader
Director of photography Gert Andersen
Film editor Henry Batisa
Hosted by Robert Preston
cast
Dennis O'Keefe ..... Ben Birch
June Lockhart ...... Amy Mathewson
Paul Stewart ....... Martin Hoeffer
Romney Brent ....... Toby Mathewson
Henry Daniell ...... Hubbel
Ivan Triesault ..... Carl Kersch
Charles Watts ...... Emerson Fricke
John Crawford ...... Gunman
Chet Stratton ...... Bergstrom
Jason Johnson ...... Watchman
Synopsis 1:
Shortly after the death of a wealthy civic leader,
Leland T. Mathewson,
reporter Ben Birch is assigned to do a series on his life. As he
interviews the man's daughter and son, he feels they are withholding
information from him. Since Mathewson's life appears to be highly
respectable, Birch can't understand the secrecy. Then he learns from the
dead man's valet that Mathewson left a letter divulging his part in a
public swindle. Birch immediately sets out to uncover the fraud, little
knowing that the death of an innocent man is imminent. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A reporter assigned to write a series of articles on a recently deceased civic
leader learns that the man left a letter divulging his part in a public swindle and sets
out to uncover the fraud, unaware that the death
of an innocent man is imminent. [FMN]
1.10 [010] Playhouse 90: MADE IN HEAVEN
prod. #56-10
06Dec1956 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Hagar Wilde, based on her stage play MADE IN HEAVEN (1946)
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Hosted by Peter Lawford
cast
Imogene Coca ....... Elsa Meredith
Robert Preston ..... Zachary Meredith
Phyllis Kirk ....... Nancy Tennant
Jacques Bergerac ... Laszlo Vertes
Eddie Mayehoff ..... Philip Dunlap
Sheila Bond ........ June
Benay Venuta ....... Marian Hunt
Mark Roberts ....... Mr. Tennant
Benny Baker ........ Bartender
Synopsis:
Returning from a cocktail party, a married couple get into a petty quarrel that
escalates and leads to their separation, after which the wife entertains a handsome
European from the cocktail party and the husband
begins to fall for an attractive stranger. [FMN]
1.11 [011] Playhouse 90: SINCERELY, WILLIS WADE
prod. #56-11
13Dec1956 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Adapted by Frank Gilroy
Based on John P. Marquand's novel SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE (Little Brown,
1955)
Directed by Vincent J. Donehue
cast
Peter Lawford ...... Willis Wayde
Charles Bickford ... Henry Harcourt
Sarah Churchill .... Bess Harcourt
Jeff Donnell ....... Sylvia
Jane Darwell ....... Mrs. Jacoby
Walter Abel ........ Mr. Wayde
Howard Smith ....... P.L. Nagle
Edmon Ryan ......... Bryson Harcourt
Katherine Squire ... Mrs. Wayde
Synopsis 1:
A wealthy mill owner gives increasing control of his company to the poor but
ambitious young man whose education he financed and who is in love with the
tycoon's daughter. When a large corporation offers to buy the mill, planning to
demolish it and use the land for another project, the tycoon's protege tries
to convince him not to sell. [FMN]
Synopsis 2:
Henry Harcourt, a wealthy mill owner, finances the college education of a poor
but
ambitious boy, Willis Wayde. The young man is in love with Bess, Harcourt's daughter,
but knows she will never marry him unless he becomes successful in business and
attains social standing. After college, Willis proves
his value to Harcourt. [RF]
1.12 [012] Playhouse 90: THE FAMILY NOBODY WANTED
prod. #56-12
20Dec1956 CBS Thur
Producer Martin Manulis
Teleplay by George Bruce
Based on Helen Doss's autobiography,
THE FAMILY NOBODY WANTED (Little Brown, 1954)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Nanette Fabray ..... Helen Doss
Lew Ayres .......... Carl Doss
Tim Hovey .......... Donny
Cherylene Lee ...... Sue Yin
Debby Hengen
Synopsis 1:
This is the story of a husband and wife who adopted 12 children
of mixed ancestry. Often just scraping by, they had a lot of
love to share. Helen relates her experiences of dragging husband
Carl along in the bumpy journey of building their family. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Unable to have children of their own, a poor divinity student and his wife
become
determined to adopt a baby and wind up with a dozen conventionally unadoptable
youngsters of mixed races. [FMN]
*Note: The children were played by the same children used in the
motion picture "The King and I".
1.13 [013] Playhouse 90: MASSACRE AT SAND CREEK (film)
prod. #56-13
27Dec1956 CBS Thur
Screen Gems Filmed Presentation
Produced by William Sackheim
Written by William Sackheim
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Director of photography Ray Cory
Film editor Henry Batista
cast
Everett Sloane ..... Colonel John Templeton
Gene Evans ......... Sergeant Maddox
John Derek ......... Lieutenant Norman Tucker
William Schallert .. Captain Kingsley, Defense Attorney at Court-Martial
Roy Roberts ........ Colonel Collery
H.M. Wynant ........ Free Horse (as Haim Winant)
Marshall Bradford... Officer Presiding at Court-Martial
Rick Vallin ........ Henshaw
Ben Wright ......... Prosecuting Attorney at Court-Martial
Michael Granger .... Little River
Anthony Lawrence ... Reed
William Bryant ..... Calhoun
Ken Mayer .......... Major Downing
Robert Bice ........ The Chief (uncredited)
William Henry ...... Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Shield ...... Griever (uncredited)
Synopsis:
A drama set in 1860s Colorado about the tragically manipulative ways
of a U.S. Army colonel who forces the Cheyenne to fight a battle they
want to avoid. Seeking fame and the rank of a general, the self-serving
colonel drives the Cheyenne warriors into an unprotected region known as
Sand Creek. Despite the efforts of a young U.S. soldier intent on saving
them, the Indians were massacred. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The Indian-hating colonel in charge of troops stationed in Kansas forces the
Cheyennes
to move from their fertile homeland to the barren Sand Creek area. When he orders
his regiment to fire on the sleeping and unarmed tribe, a young lieutenant refuses
to obey the command. [FMN]
1.14 [014] Playhouse 90: SNOWSHOES: A COMEDY OF PEOPLE AND HORSES
prod. #56-14
03Jan1957 CBS Thur
Written by Bob Barbash & George Bruce
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Hosted by John Kerr
cast
Barry Sullivan ..... Hard Boiled Harry
Stuart Erwin ....... Sentimental Mousie
Marilyn Maxwell .... Dolly
Wallace Ford ....... Rebel
John Carradine ..... Felix the Great
Kenny Delmar ....... Parker
Addison Richards
Harpo Marx
Synopsis:
Two Runyonesque characters who have gone broke betting on hot tips at the
racetrack decide to make their fortune by having a mesmerist hypnotize their
horse into winning every race. [FMN]
1.15 [015] Playhouse 90: THE NINTH DAY
prod. #56-15
10Jan1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Dorothy Baker & Howard Baker
Based on their story, Mr. & Mrs. McAdam
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
John Kerr ......... David McAdam
Piper Laurie ...... Ruth
James Dunn ........ Jackson
Victor Jory ....... Rev. Mr. Powell
Mary Astor ........ Virginia Jackson
Elizabeth Patterson ... Aunt Ida
Synopsis:
The only young man in a small group who have lived in the desert for 20 years
after a third world war rebels against the group and tries to run away, hoping
to find other communities of survivors, but is told by the elders that he must stay
and marry the group's only young woman. [FMN]
*
*Note: "A Very Special Love (Song for 'The Ninth
Day')" from
the CBS Playhouse 90 TV production "The Ninth Day" composed by Robert Allen.
1.16 [016] Playhouse 90: SO SOON TO DIE (film)
prod. #56-16
17Jan1957 CBS Thur (rebroadcast 25Jul57)
Written by Marc Brandel
Based on Jeremy York's novel SO SOON TO DIE (Stanley Paul 1955, Scribner
1957)
Directed by John Brahm
cast
Richard Basehart .. Lionel Amblin
Sebastian Cabot ... Blaize
Anne Bancroft ..... Isobel Waring
Lester Matthews ... Colonel McKinley
Torin Thatcher .... Sergeant Galloway
Larry Gelbmann .... Sam
Victoria Ward ..... Jane Lovett
Ben Wright ........ Harold Bond
Barbara Morrison .. Mrs. Trabert
Tita Purdom ....... Grace Pell
Synopsis 1:
A young woman is pursued by an unemployed actor who is being paid to kill her. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
An unemployed actor is hired to kill a girl before she reaches her 25th
birthday.
He becomes curious as to why she must die, and begins an investigation of the
girl
and her friends. [RF]
1.17 [017] Playhouse 90: THE STAR WAGON
prod. #56-17
24Jan1957 CBS Thur
Written by James P. Cavanagh
Based on Maxwell Anderson's stage play THE STAR-WAGON (1937)
Directed by Vincent J. Donehue
cast:
Diana Lynn ........ Martha Minch
Eddie Bracken ..... Stephen Minch
Jackie Coogan ..... Hanus Wicks
Margaret Hayes .... Halle Arlington
William Bishop .... Charles Duffy
Billie Burke ...... Mrs. Rutledge
Synopsis 1:
When a beleaguered inventor completes a time-traveling machine he dubs
"the Star Wagon," he uses it himself, going back to examine his own life,
his state of happiness, and whether or not he married the right woman. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A timid inventor who works for a an exploitive boss spends company time
collaborating
with his boyhood friend on a time machine. When the boss fires the inventor and orders
the machine destroyed, the two friends decide to go back in the machine to 1926 when
they were young and full of dreams. [FMN]
* Note this episode was made into a feature film in 1966 also called
"The Star Wagon" starring Dustin Hoffman.
1.18 [018] Playhouse 90: THE GREER CASE
prod. #56-18
31Jan1957 CBS Thur
Written by Whitfield Cook
Based on David W. Peck's book THE GREER CASE (Simon &
Schuster, 1955)
Directed by Ralph Nelson
cast
Melvyn Douglas ..... Howard Hoagland
Zsa Zsa Gabor ...... Erika Segnitz
Edmund Gwenn ....... Jack Baldwin
Anita Louise ....... Mabel Seymour Greer
Raymond Burr ....... Lester Friedman
Una Merkel ......... Louise Hoagland
Jane Darwell ....... Annie Jackson
Philip Reed ........ Francis Wells
Alan Marshal ....... Raymond Armbruster
Synopsis 1:
A wealthy New York widow died, leaving greater portion of her estate to
Harvard University. She married wealthy businessman late in life,
presumably dying without leaving any descendants. Plaintiff brings suit
claiming he is her son whom she abandoned at birth. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
On her deathbed a wealthy New York widow tells her attorney that she wants to
change
her will, which leaves her fortune to Harvard University, in favor of the baby she had
abandoned more than 60 years earlier. When she dies before signing the new will,
a legal struggle breaks out between Harvard, the now middle-aged child,
and the New York County Public Administrator. [FMN]
1.19 [019] Playhouse 90: THE MIRACLE WORKER (Live)
prod. #56-19
07Feb1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by William Gibson
Directed by Arthur Penn
Hosted by Mickey Rooney
cast
Patricia McCormack .. Helen Keller
Teresa Wright ....... Annie Sullivan
Burl Ives ........... Captain Keller
John Barrymore Jr. .. James Keller
Akim Tamiroff ....... Mr. Anagnos
Katharine Bard ...... Kate Keller
Carroll McComas ..... Aunt Ev
Pauline Myer ........ Viney
Milas G. Clark Jr ... Percy
Jason Johnson ....... Doctor
Synopsis 1:
Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy because of a
severe case of scarlet fever, is in danger of being sent to an institution.
Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent.
Unable to communicate her desires, the isolated Helen flew into uncontrollable
rages that terrified her helpless family. In desperation, her parents seek help
from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl"
named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Late in the 19th century, an institution for the blind sends a 21-year-old Irish
girl
to work with a child who's unable to see, hear
or speak. [FMN]
Note:
Emmy nominations for directing, writing, and acting (Teresa Wright).
1.20 [020] Playhouse 90: THE COMEDIAN
prod. #56-20
14Feb1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Rod Serling
Based on Ernest Lehman's novelet "The Comedian"
(collected in THE COMEDIAN AND OTHER STORIES,
Signet pb #1446, 1957)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Mickey Rooney ....... Sammy Hogarth
Edmond O'Brien ...... Al Preston
Kim Hunter .......... Julie Hogarth
Mel Torme ........... Lester Hogarth
Constance Ford ...... Connie
Whit Bissell ........ Elwell
King Donovan ........ the Director
Eddie Ryder ......... Jake
H.M. Wynant ......... Sonny
Mike Ross ........... the Masseur
Synopsis 1:
Sammy Hogarth has reached the top of his profession as a TV comedian.
But though his audience loves him, his co-workers hate him. They know him
as an egotistical, petty tyrant. What keeps them from quitting is money--his
salaries are the best in the business. Hogarth's head writer is Al Preston,
and Al is in a jam. He has run out of ideas, can't think up anything Sammy
will accept for the next show. In fact, Sammy threatens to fire Al unless he
comes up with some especially clever and unusual material for that show. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
An egotistical TV comic threatens to fire his head writer unless he comes
up with especially clever and unusual material for his
next show. [FMN]
Note: Emmy for Outstanding Single Program and Writing.
Nominations for Directing and Acting (Mickey Rooney).
1.21 [021] Playhouse 90: ONE COAT OF WHITE
prod. #56-21
21Feb1957 CBS Thur
Written by Leonard Spigelgas
Based on H. Allen Smith's short story
Directed by Ralph Nelson
cast
Paul Henreid ........ Roland Lautisse
Claudette Colbert ... Betsy Gregg
Leif Erickson ....... Ben Riggs
Larry Blyden ........ Luke
Mark Roberts ........ Bill
Darlene Albert ...... Marietta
Synopsis:
A widow in her forties on her first trip to Europe leaves her guided tour in
disgust and becomes acquainted with a charming French
painter. [FMN]
1.22 [022] Playhouse 90: THE BLACKWELL STORY (film)
prod. #56-22
28Feb1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Eva Wolas
Written by Mel Barr
Story by Lloyd C. Douglas (based on his unproduced film script)
Directed by James Neilson
Director of photography Gert Andersen
Film editor Robert L. Swanson
Hosted by Frank Lovejoy
cast
Joanne Dru ......... Elizabeth Blackwell
Dan O'Herlihy ...... Dr. Keller
Charles Korvin ..... Dr. Von Neff
Marshall Thompson .. David
Keith Larsen ....... Howard
Wilton Graff ....... Samuel Blackwell
Philip Tonge ....... Dean Parkington
Paul Keast ......... Dean Robertson
Damian O'Flynn ..... Dr. McKay
Joanna Barnes ...... Ellen Blackwell
Harvey Stephens .... Dr. Adams
Royal Dano
Barbara Hale
Synopsis 1:
A drama about the numerous obstacles faced by a young student who is intent
on becoming the first woman doctor in the United States. Set in the late 1830's,
the program examined her dedication, her love interests, and her efforts to
modernize antiquated O.R. procedures which she feels are life-threatening. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became America's first woman doctor. But the road
to that accomplishment had been filled with obstacles. Her father had opposed
her ambition. Nearly every medical school in the country rejected her
application.
The one exception was Geneva College of Medicine in New York State, where
authorities
thought that the application filed by E. Blackwell came from a man. And had it
not
been for one member of the board of admissions, she might still have been turned
down. [RF]
1.23 [023] Playhouse 90: INVITATION TO A GUNFIGHTER
prod. #56-23
07Mar1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Leslie Stevens
Story by Hal Goodman & Larry Klein
Directed by Arthur Penn
cast
Hugh O'Brian ....... Matt Jeffers
Gilbert Roland ..... Dancer
Pat O'Brien ........ Sheriff Kyle Bickford
Anne Bancroft....... Julie Bickford
Ray Collins ........ Harris Clayton
Synopsis 1:
Deputized by the frontier town of Pecos with special privileges in order to
deal with a troublesome local, a wayward mercenary turns out
to be quite a handful himself. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A Confederate veteran returns from the Civil War to find his property seized
because he fought on the wrong side. When he sets out to recover what belongs
to him, the townspeople hire a gunman to stop
him. [FMN]
1.24 [024] Playhouse 90: THE LAST TYCOON
prod. #56-24
14Mar1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Don M. Mankiewicz
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel THE LAST TYCOON (Scribner, 1941)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Hosted by Hedda Hopper
cast
Jack Palance ...... Monroe Stahr
Keenan Wynn ....... Lou Myrick
Peter Lorre ....... Pete Zavras
Viveca Lindfors ... Kathleen Moore
Lee Remick ........ Cecelia Brady
Robert F. Simon ... Brady
John Hudson ....... Wylie White
Reginald Denny .... Dean
William Roerick ... Kellogg
Helen Kleeb ....... Birdy
Arthur Batanides .. Van Dyke
Edward McNally .... Whitey
Synopsis:
Monroe Stahr, an old pro, heads a movie studio that seems headed for
financial trouble. Under pressure from the stockholders to turn out a
box-office hit, he decides to spend even more money on their latest film.
In its present state, he's convinced it's a dud. But with some new work,
and a new director, he's equally convinced it can be converted into a smash.
But as he proceeds with his revision of the film, a new element is introduced
into the situation. Stahr, one of the enterprising veterans of Hollywood,
finds he is being kept under the eagle eye of financial expert Lou Myrick.
In his turbulent business and personal life, Stahr realizes that Myrick is
about to play a crucial role. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The veteran head of a floundering studio decides to spend a fortune turning
the studio's latest film from a dud into a smash hit but finds his decisions
challenged by the studio's financial expert. [FMN]
1.25 [025] Playhouse 90: THE HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTESS
prod. #56-25
21Mar1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Speed Lamkin & Hagar Wilde
Directed by Paul Nickell
cast
Shirley Booth ..... Perle Mesta
Evelyn Rudie ....... Perle Mesta as a child
Shepperd Strudwick.. Charley Potter
Frank Milan ........ Philip Caldwell
Hedda Hopper ....... Maizie Weldon
Paul Millard ....... Forbes
Joan Wetmore ....... Emily
Robert Lowery ...... George Mesta
Edgar Barrier ...... Count
Louise Beavers ..... Mattie Mae
Synopsis 1:
Extroverted Washington DC socialite Perle Mesta became the self-proclaimed
"hostess with the mostess". [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A woman marries a steel manufacturer working in Washington during World War I
and begins to become famous as a party giver and a friend to the politically
powerful, including future president Harry
Truman. [FMN]
1.26 [026] Playhouse 90: CHARLEY'S AUNT
prod. #56-26
28Mar1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Leslie Stevens
Based on Brandon Thomas' stage play CHARLEY'S AUNT (1892)
Directed by Arthur Penn
Hosted by Charles Bickford
cast
Art Carney .......... Lord Fancourt Babberly
Jeanette MacDonald .. Donna Lucia d'Alvadores
Orson Bean .......... Charley Wyckham
Tom Tryon ........... Jack Chesney
Jackie Coogan ....... Coach Sanderford
Sue Randall ......... Kitty Verdun
Richard Haydn ....... Stephen Spettigue
Venetia Stevenson ... Amy Spettigue
Gene Raymond ........ Colonel Sir Francis Chesney
Melville Cooper ..... Brassett the Valet
Synopsis:
Charley's real aunt, Donna Lucia ("from Brazil -- where the nuts come
from"). Charley and his chum Jack are Oxford students eagerly awaiting
the arrival of Charley's aunt so she can chaperone them while they
propose to their very proper sweethearts. However, Charley's aunt sends
word she isn't coming -- just as their fellow student Fancourt Babberly,
called various "Babbs" or "Fanny", receives delivery of the old lady
costume he is to wear in an amateur
theatrical. Babbs is forced to masquerade
as the widowed millionairess, attracting proposals of marriage from fortune hunters
including Jack's reluctant but impoverished father, Lord Chesney. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
At the turn of the 20th century an easy-going Oxford student is asked by his two
best
friends to impersonate the aunt of one of them so that with Ahere as chaperone they can
properly have lunch with and propose to their
respective girlfriends. [FMN]
*NOTE: A Web source claims Tom Tryon played Charley Wykeham
and Orson Bean played Jack Chesney. [FN]
1.27 [027] Playhouse 90: CLIPPER SHIP (film)
prod. #56-27
04Apr1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Lee Breslow
Written by Berne Giler
Based on a story by Stephen Longstreet
Directed by Oscar Rudolph
Director of photography Gert Andersen
Film editor Robert L. Swanson
cast
Charles Bickford .... Captain Joel Kingdom
Jan Sterling ........ Helen Ott
Steve Forrest ....... Matt Bowers
Helmut Dantine ...... Luis Obregon
Paul Fix............ Dr. Shaw
George Keymas ....... Reeder
Jack Grinnage ....... Jones
Synopsis 1:
A romance on the high seas revolving around the comely widow of a shipping
magnate, and her growing love for a handsome young political prisoner who
was scheduled to be put to death when the vessel reached its destination.
Though unyielding at first, the ship's stern captain eventually helped the
woman to make a clean getaway, with the condemned man in tow. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Captain Joel Kingdom has only one love other than his ship the Sea Witch, and
that is the beautiful widow who owns it. On the eve of sailing for South
America,
Kingdom learns disturbing facts about the widow and a political prisoner. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
On the eve of sailing for South America, the captain of a privately owned
clipper ship discovers that he has two passengers: the beautiful widow who
owns the vessel and a political prisoner who is being
deported. [FMN]
1.28 [028] Playhouse 90: IF YOU KNOW ELIZABETH
prod. #56-28
11Apr1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Tad Mosel
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Claire Trevor ....... Elizabeth Owen
Gary Merrill ........ Walter Hubbard
Ernest Truex ........ Uncle John
Natalie Schafer ..... Geneva
Joe Sweeney ......... Mr. Owen
Doro Merande ........ Mrs. Adolph
Stephen Wootton ..... Schudy
Joi Lansing ......... Miss Swanson
Synopsis:
A College Professor searches for his fiancee, who vanished after learning that
he was
marrying her as a step in his plan to become President of the University, and
discovers that each of her friends sees her differently from the others. [FMN]
*Note: Bette Davis was set to star in this episode, but shortly before rehearsals
were set to begin, she told Martin Manulis that she was too exhausted to make
the 15 costume changes required. Manulis statement, "I got the impression Bette
really didn't want to do it for whatever reason, I'd love to work with her. Who wouldn't?
When she's ready, I'll find something for her. Some have speculated that Bette
was scared to perform live as David Niven was.
(From article in 31May58 TVGuide).
1.29 [029] Playhouse 90: THREE MEN ON A HORSE
prod. #56-29
18-Apr-57 CBS Thur
Adapted by A.J. Russell
Based on John Cecil Holm & George Abbott's
stage play THREE MEN ON A HORSE (1935)
Directed by Arthur Hiller
cast
Jack Carson ....... Patsy
Mona Freeman ...... Audrey Trowbridge
Johnny Carson ..... Erwin Trowbridge
Carol Channing .... Mabel
Larry Blyden ...... Clarence
Allen Jenkins ..... Harry
Edward Everett Horton ... Mr. Carver
Frank McHugh ...... Charlie
Arnold Stang ...... Frankie
Jane Darwell ...... Lady on Bus
Synopsis 1:
A hen-pecked husband from the suburbs becomes caught up in the clutches
of big-time horse betting. Although Erwin Trowbridge has an uninspiring job
writing greeting card verses for a living, he has a special talent for picking
winners - even though he never places a bet. When Erwin inadvertently falls
into the company of two men and a woman whose 'profession' is betting on
the horses they decide to exploit their new find to the limit. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A mild-mannered greeting card poet is kidnapped by three Runyonesque
gangsters who have learned of his unique talent for
picking horses. [FMN]
*Note: Frank McHugh also starred in the 1936 film version
"Three Men On A Horse".
1.30 [030] Playhouse 90: FOUR WOMEN IN BLACK (film)
prod. #56-30
25Apr1957 CBS Thur
Produced, Written & Directed by Bernard Girard
cast
Helen Hayes ........ Sister Theresa
Ralph Meeker ....... Carbine Webb
Katy Jurado ........ Sister Monica
Janice Rule ........ Sister Martha
Narda Onyx ......... Sister Hyacinth
Lita Milan ......... Carmen
Rudy Alonzo ........ Pepito
Jim Davis .......... Sheriff
Synopsis 1:
Based on the true story of four pioneering nuns in 1870 as they journeyed in a
covered
wagon from Santa Fe across the desert to Tucson to establish a mission hospital.
En route, they are stranded when their horse is stolen, and are found by a
cowboy, Carbine Webb, who is fleeing from an avenging posse. They ask his aid.
Reluctantly, Carbine escorts them to the nearest trading post, and then rides on
alone,
relieved to have them off his conscience. But he's soon overtaken by the four
women, who thank him profusely for his help. They are about to continue
on alone when Carbine yells a warning. There's an Apache smoke signal ahead. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Four nuns journeying across the desert in a covered wagon are stranded
when their horse in stolen. A cowboy fleeing from an avenging posse finds them and
reluctantly escorts them to the nearest trading post. While the nuns are thanking him
profusely, the cowboy sees an Apache smoke signal
ahead. [FMN]
1.31 [031] Playhouse 90: CHILD OF TROUBLE
prod. #56-31
02May1957 CBS Thur
Adapted by James P. Cavanaugh
Based on an original story by Selma Robinson
Directed by UNKNOWN
cast
Patty McCormack ...... Toby Green
Ricardo Montalban .... Teddy Green
Joan Blondell ........ Helen Green
Lillian Roth ......... Irene Contino
Chester Morris ....... Warden
Richard Arlen ........ Louis Contino
Frank Puglia ......... Green, Sr.
Synopsis:
The teen-age daughter of a convict comes from school to hear the
news reports of a prison uprising led by her father, who has threatened to
kill he guards he holds as hostages if a single shot is fired. She calls the prison,
pleads with her father to release the hostages and, when that fails, goes to the
prison to beg for the guards lives. [FMN]
* Note: Selma Robinson has had several short stories and articles
published. She is responsible for the Betsy McCall paper doll series.
1.32 [032] Playhouse 90: HOMEWARD BORNE (film)
prod. #56-32
09May1957 CBS Thur
Written by Halsted Welles
Based on Ruth Chatterton's novel HOMEWARD BORNE (Simon & Schuster, 1950)
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Director of Photography Gert Andersen
Film editor Robert Swanson
cast
Richard Kiley ........ Bob Lyttleton
Linda Darnell ........ Meg Lyttleton
Keith Andes .......... Andy Colby
Richard Eyer ......... Tommy Lyttleton
Rene Korper .......... Ben
Sarah Selby .......... Secretary
Pauline Myers ........ Louise
Steve Firstman ....... Paul
Synopsis 1:
Home from the war, a pilot begins to fear that he is unwanted after he
discovers that his wife has adopted a war orphan. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A fighter pilot returns home to his wife and young son after years in service,
hoping to forget the ordeal he has been through. To his surprise, he
learns that his wife has adopted a young war orphan. The ex-pilot
resents the boy for reminding him of the war. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
Returning home to his wife and young son after years of service, a fighter
pilot discovers that his wife has adopted a war orphan, and that he resents
the boy for reminding him of his war ordeals. [FMN]
1.33 [033] Playhouse 90: THE HELEN MORGAN STORY
prod. #56-33
16May1957 CBS Thur
Script by Leonard Spigelgass & Paul Monash
Based on an original story by Lulu Morgan
(Written by Stephen Longstreet, other source)
Directed by George Roy Hill (Emmy Nomination)
cast
Polly Bergen ......... Helen Morgan
Sylvia Sidney ........ Lulu Morgan
Hoagy Carmichael ..... Marty Dix
Benay Venuta ......... Texas Guinan
Robert Lowery ........ Roy Patterson
Reginald Denny ....... George White
Ronnie Burns ......... Bobby Talbot
Lili Gentle .......... Marilyn Flood
Synopsis 1:
Story of the rise and fall of a tortured Helen Morgan. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
After discovering that the father she believed dead is alive and an alcoholic,
the 17-year-old girl who was to become the famous 1920s torch singer vows
that she will never be dependent on anyone. [FMN]
*Note: Polly Bergen won an Emmy for her performance.
1.34 [034] Playhouse 90: WINTER DREAMS
prod. #56-34
23May1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by John P. Cavanagh
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Winter Dreams"
(Metropolitan Magazine, December 1922;
collected in ALL THE SAD YOUNG MEN, Scribner
1926)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Dana Wynter ......... Judy
John Cassavetes ..... Dexter Green
Mildred Dunnock ..... Martha Green
Darryl Hickman ...... Larry
Phyllis Love ........ Irene
Joseph Sweeney ...... Mr. Gordon
Robert F. Simon ..... Joe Green
Raymond Bailey ...... Mr. Holt
Peter Votrian ....... Dexter as a child
Howard Wendell ...... Mr. Hedrich
Thomas Palmer ....... Mr. Sandwood
Lana Wood ........... Judy as a child
Helen Kleeb ......... the Nurse
Howard Price ........ McKenna
Synopsis 1:
For most of his young life, Dexter Green has been molded by the dreams
and ambitions of two people: his mother, who wanted him to achieve
financial success; and his father, who wanted his son to be content with
a peaceful way of life. Now he is a young man financially and personally
successful and a member of the town's society. As the play opens,
Dexter has just announced his engagement to Irene Hedrich, a good,
sensible girl. Then the sudden reappearance of Judy Holt brings all his
plans to a halt. Judy is the rich girl he has dreamed of and loved for
years--even hoped to marry, but who thought of him as only one of her
many admirers. Now her declaration of love starts him
remembering the past years and his own dreams. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A successful young man has just announced his engagement to a good sensible
women when the sudden reappearance of the rich girl he has dreamed of
and loved for years leads him to rethink his life.
[FMN]
*Note: Actor Joseph Sweeney was a last minute-replacement for Edmund Gwenn,
who was slated to play the role of Mr. Gordon
1.35 [035] Playhouse 90: CIRCLE OF THE DAY
prod. #56-35
30May1957 CBS Thur
Script by Edna Anhalt
Based on Helen Howe's novel CIRCLE OF THE DAY (Simon & Schuster, 1950)
Directed by Arthur Hiller
cast
Nancy Kelly .......... Barbara Millet
Michael Rennie ....... Eric Millet
Zsa Zsa Gabor ........ Marta Lorenz
Pamela Mason ......... Mona
Portland Mason ....... Jane Millet
Gladys Cooper ........ Mrs. Millet
Mary Wickes .......... Grace
Synopsis:
On her daughter's eighth birthday, the wife of a theatrical booking agent learns
that a client and old flame of her husband=s has been killed in a plane crash and
begins to suspect that he was having an affair
with the dead woman. [FMN]
1.36 [036] Playhouse 90: WITHOUT INCIDENT (film)
prod. #56-36
06Jun1957 CBS Thur
Filmaster Productions, Inc.
Filmed on location in Arizona.
Produced and Directed by Charles Marquis Warren
Written by David Victor & Herbert Little Jr.
Story by Charles Marquis Warren
Director of photography Joseph Biroc
Music score by Bernard Herrmann
cast
Errol Flynn .......... Capt. Russell Bidlack
Ann Sheridan ......... Kathy
John Ireland ......... Sgt. Turley
Julie London ......... Angela
H.M. Wynant
Rudolfo Acosta
John Pickard
Irene Tedrow
Richard Shannon
Bing Russell
with
Duane Gray, Jack Lomas, Rush Williams
Pat O'Moore, Richard Golden, Mike Regan
Al Wyatt, Sheb Wooley
Synopsis 1:
Captain Russell Bidlack, commander of a U.S. Cavalry unit in 1870,
determines to complete a rescue mission through dangerous Indian
territory. In the course of the mission, he rescues the wives of
two slain traders and captures the Indian chief accused of the
murders. When he returns to the fort, he's faced with a revolt
among his own men. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The commander of a U.S. cavalry unit rescues the wives of two slain traders
and captures the Indian chief accused of their murders, only to be faced with
a revolt among his man when he returns to the fort.
[FMN]
1.37 [037] Playhouse 90: CLASH BY NIGHT
prod. #56-37
13Jun1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by F.W. Durkee Jr.
Based on Clifford Odets' stage play CLASH BY NIGHT (1941)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Kim Stanley .......... Mae Wilenski
Lloyd Bridges ........ Earl Pfeiffer
E.G. Marshall ........ Jerry Wilenski
Edgar Stehli ......... Vincent Kress
John Bleifer ......... Mr. Wilenski
Synopsis 1:
An unhappy woman who returns to her coastal California hometown and
marries local fisherman, only to find herself attracted to his best
friend. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The discontented and restless wife of a struggling man finds herself attracted
to an
old friend of his whom her husband generously
invites to move into the spare room. [FMN]
1.38 [038] Playhouse 90: AIN'T NO TIME GLORY
prod. #56-38
20Jun1957 CBS Thur
Screen Gems, Inc.
Written by Malvin Wald & Jack Jacobs
Directed by Oscar Rudolph
Director of photography, Gert Andersen
Produced by Eva Wolas
Hosted by Barry Sullivan
cast
Gene Barry ........... Lt. Roy Koalton
John Drew Barrymore .. Lt. Stegel
Bruce Bennett ....... Lt. Col. Steven Granville
Richard Jaeckel ...... Sgt. Luke Mertz
Eddie Ryder .......... Sgt. J.C. Webbner
Joe De Santis ........ Maurice Remy
Dan Barton ........... Cpl. Joe Kelson
John Beradino ........ Sgt. Gus Prados
William Bryant ....... Pfc. Paul Tanier
Synopsis 1:
A World War II drama about a self-styled American C.O. and his dedicated
troops, who used their minds, rather than their weapons, to take over a
strategic Nazi outpost at Normandy. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
An American officer during World War II, ordered to capture an enemy fortress
before a full scale attack is launched, discovers that two of his men have been wounded
and taken captive and decides on a dangerous mission
to save them. [FMN]
1.39 [039] Playhouse 90: THE FABULOUS IRISHMAN
prod. #56-39
27Jun1957 CBS Thur
written by Elick Moll
directed by John Frankenheimer
cast:
Art Carney ......... Robert Briscoe
Katharine Bard ..... Lillian Isaacs
Michael Higgins .... Jamie Farrow
Charles Davis ...... Sean O'Brien
Eli Mintz .......... Mr. Isaacs
George Mathews ..... Mellows
David Opatoshu
Berta Gersten
Synopsis:
Based on the great Robert Briscoe, founder-member of Fianna Fáil. TD
Dublin City South 1927-65. Elected to Dublin City Council 1930; lord
mayor 1956 and 1961. Appointed to Council of State 1965. Led a delegation
of the World Zionist Organization to seek international support for the
settlement of Jews in Palestine 1939. Toured the Middle East on a
trade mission 1945, the first of many to publicize Irish goods abroad. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In 1918, at the age of 23, Briscoe is swept up in the fever of the
Irish rebellion against Britain. He joins the Irish Republican Army
and becomes a follower of Eamon de Valera and a member of the Sinn Fein,
an Irish nationalist movement working to establish home rule for Ireland.
Briscoe carries out man secret assignments for the cause of freedom.
By day he works as a respectable wool salesman, by night as a notorious
arms smuggler, "Capt. Swift". Then a truce with England results in a split
between the Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Army which sets Irishman
against Irishman. Briscoe continues the battle, this time against the Irish
conservatives, and soon an order is issued that he be shot on sight. [RF]
*Note: In June 1956, Robert Briscoe was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin, the first
man of the
Jewish faith to hold this office. While the world was surprised, Ireland was
not, for Robert
Briscoe is a noted Irish patriot. During his recent visit to the U.S.,
arrangements were
made to present his life story in dramatic form on Playhouse 90.
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CBS Thursdays 9.30-11.00 pm weekly
2.01 [040] Playhouse 90: THE DEATH OF MANOLETE
prod. #57-1
12Sep1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Script by Barnaby Conrad & Paul Monash
Based on Barnaby Conrad's novel THE DEATH OF
MANOLETE (Houghton Mifflin, 1958)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Jack Palance ......... Manolete
Suzy Parker .......... Tani Morena
Robert Middleton ..... Perea
Ray Danton ........... Antonito
Nehemiah Persoff ..... Carras
Esther Minciotti ..... Augustias
Synopsis:
A 16-year-old boy known as Manolete becomes famous as a bullfighter when he
competes against a once-famous torero who is killed in the ring. The dead man's
manager blames Manolete and ultimately plays a part in the latter's own death
in the bullring years later. [FMN]
Synopsis 2:
Manolete, one of the great matadors of the modern times, is place in competition
with Marquez, a once-famous man. Angry at the young Manolete, whom he
considers an upstart, the old man insists on entering the arena even though
he is afraid. When he is killed, Marquez's manager blames Manolete.
Ultimately the manager plays a part in Manolete's
death in the bullring. [RF]
2.02 [041] Playhouse 90: THE DARK SIDE OF THE EARTH
prod. #57-2
19Sep1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Arthur Penn
cast
Van Heflin ........... Col. Sten
Earl Holliman ........ Capt. Volodney
Dean Jagger .......... Anton Rojas
Kim Hunter ........... Anna Rojas
Jerry Paris .......... Chevak
Ian Wolfe ............ General Kerch
Synopsis:
Set in Hungary during the uprising against Soviet forces, the
unsuccessful sacrifices marked by the revolt of the Freedom Fighters.
And the torment of a Soviet colonel, and a craven collaborationist
embroiled in anger and courage. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A Soviet commander sent to Hungary to put down the 1956 revolution
learns that his troops have captured a band of freedom fighters who were
responsible for his son's death. [FMN]
2.03 [042] Playhouse 90: TRAPEZE
prod. #57-3
26Sep1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Adapted by Ellis St. Joseph
From the story by Benn W. Levy
Based on Marcel Pagnol's stage play TOPAZE (1928)
Directed by Vincent J. Donahue
cast
Ernie Kovacs ......... Topaze
Carl Reiner .......... Regis
Richard Haydn ........ Muche
Sheree North ......... Suzy
Roxanne Arlen ........ Germaine
Stephen Wootton ...... Castle-Benac
Synopsis:
A teacher in a small French private school, fired after refusing to
raise the grades of a rich but stupid pupil, finds a new job with a
corrupt politician who needs a naive front man. [FMN]
2.04 [043] Playhouse 90: SOUND OF A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
prod. #57-4
03Oct1957 CBS Thur
Written by Robert Alan Aurthur
Based on Farenheit 451
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Sterling Hayden ...... Gordon Miller
Diana Lynn ........... Susan Ward
John Ireland ......... Ben Hammond
David Opatoshu ....... Ellis
Synopsis:
In a totalitarian state of the future where reading unauthorized material is a
capital offense, a young officer in the police unit assigned to suppressing illegal
intellectual activity catches an attractive young librarian hiding a banned book,
which she than insists that he read too. [FMN]
2.05 [044] Playhouse 90: THE PLAYROOM (film)
prod. #57-5
10Oct1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Tad Mosel
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
Director of photography Joseph F. Biroc
Story editor Del Reisman
Assistants to producer Dominick Dunne & Russell Stoneham
Art Director Albert Heschong
Musical Supervisor Ed Dinstedter
Makeup Bud Westmore
Hair Stylist Larry Germain
cast
Tony Randall ......... Kenneth Rutherford
Nina Foch ............ Mrs. Dorothy Kelly
Patricia Neal ........ Margaret Flood
Marilyn Erskine ...... Katherine Rutherford
Charles Drake ........ George Rutherford
Mildred Dunnock ...... Mrs. Millie Rutherford
Nora Marlowe ......... Mrs. Beal
Lewis Martin ......... Toastmaster
Florida Freibus ...... Woman Reporter
Dennis King Jr. ...... Clerk
Therese Lyon ......... Messenger
Synopsis:
When three siblings---a prominent criminal lawyer, an Oscar-winning actress
and the founder of a college---return home for the announcement that their
mother has won an award from a national magazine, the older woman makers
an unusual discovery about her children. [FMN]
2.06 [045] Playhouse 90: AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 MINUTES (special)
prod. #57-6
17Oct1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Art Cohn
Directed by Byron Paul
Hosted by Garry Moore
cast
Michael Todd ...... Himself
Elizabeth Taylor ....... Herself
Frank Sinatra ...... Himself
Charles Boyer ...... Himself
Maurice Chevalier ..... Himself
George Jessel ..... Himself
Reporter: Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
Playhouse 90 suspends its usual dramatic format to telecast a remote
from Madison Square Garden. There producer Michael Todd is throwing
a big party for some 18,000 guests to celebrate the first anniversary
of the Broadway opening of his film 'Around the World in 80 Days'.
Elizabeth Taylor (Mrs. Todd) is hostess. Many celebrities are invited,
and some entertainers perform. [RF]
2.07 [046] Playhouse 90: THE MYSTERY OF THIRTEEN
prod. #57-7
24Oct1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Adapted by David Shaw
Based on the story by Robert Graves "They Hanged My Saintly Billy"
(Cassell 1957, Doubleday 1957)
Directed by Robert Mulligan
cast
Jack Lemmon .......... Dr. Billy Palmer
Margaret O'Brien ..... Annie Brookes
Herbert Marshall ..... Dr. Knight
Gladys Cooper ........ Mrs. Palmer
Henry Jones .......... Walter Palmer
John Baragrey ........ John Parsons Cook
Romney Brent
Synopsis:
A young medical student falls in love with the ward of one of his professors, is
expelled from school for stealing from the patients in an infirmary, and ends up
being hanged for poisoning a friend. [FMN]
2.08 [047] Playhouse 90: THE EDGE OF INNOCENCE (film)
prod. #57-8
31Oct1957 CBS Thur
Story by Berne Giler
Directed by Arthur Hiller
cast
Joseph Cotten ........ Robert Rainey
Teresa Wright ........ Carol Morton
Maureen O'Sullivan ... Julia Williams
Beverly Garland ...... Gay Sherman
Lorne Greene ......... Lowell Williams
Dan Barton ........... Jay Pauling
DeForest Kelley (not verified)
Synopsis:
A successful but unscrupulous criminal lawyer falls in love with a
wealthy widow whose brother-in-law's contempt for his legal tricks
vanishes when he himself is charged with murder. [FMN]
2.09 [048] Playhouse 90: THE CLOUDED IMAGE
prod. #57-9
07Nov1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Adapted by James P. Cavanaugh
Based on Josephine Tey's novel BRAT FARRAR
(Davies 1949, Macmillan 1950)
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Farley Granger ....... Peter Ashby/Brat Farrar
Judith Anderson ...... Aunt Bee
Terry Moore .......... Eleanor
Vincent Price ........ Alex
Patty McCormack ...... Jane
John Williams ........ Sandal
Synopsis:
A young Englishman about to inherit a huge fortune when half
of it is claimed by a young stranger with a remarkable resemblance to
the heir who claims he's the man's twin brother, who supposedly died
in his teens under mysterious circumstances. [FMN]
2.10 [049] Playhouse 90: THE JET PROPELLED COUCH
prod #57-10
14Nov1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Stanley Roberts
Based on a chapter in Robert M. Lindner's book THE 50-MINUTE HOUR
(Rinehart, 1954)
Directed by Burgess Meredith & James Clark
cast
Donald O'Connor ...... Dr. Robert Harrison
David Wayne ......... Dr. Kirk Allen
Peter Lorre .......... Dr. Ostrow
Gale Gordon .......... Gen. Milton Dagby
Phyllis Avery ........ Eleanor Harrison
Synopsis 1:
Kirk Allen is in psycho-analysis because of his crippling problems,
despite being a government scientist. Kirk believes that the powers of
telepathy and teleportation are entering his world. Like a good Freudian
Lindner takes Kirk back to his childhood and his unconscious sexual
stirrings, talking through until Kirk is able to see that his SF imaginings
are just that - imagination. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The Pentagon desperately calls in a renowned psychoanalyst to mend the split
personality
of an atomic physicist who believes that he lives part of his life on another planet and has
worked out intricate maps and star charts for his
space journeys. [FMN]
2.11 [050] Playhouse 90: THE TROUBLEMAKERS
prod. #57-11
21Nov1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by George Bellak
Based on his stage play THE TROUBLEMAKERS
(1956)
*Directed by John Frankenheimer
*Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Ben Gazzara .......... Stanley Carr
Keenan Wynn .......... Mr. Sprock
Barbara Rush ......... Clara
Robert Vaughn ........ Steve Sprock
Mary Astor ........... Mattie
Jackie Coogan ........ Bender
Nick Adams ........... Sandy
Synopsis:
One of a group of university students, who beat an outspoken college journalist
to death in a men's dormitory and dumped the body on a road, struggles with
his conscience over whether to report the crime. [FMN]
Synopsis 2:
A college journalist has made enemies of some of the students because
of his outspoken editorials. One evening he walks into the men's dormitory,
and a group of boys do their best to harass him into an argument. When he attempts
to leave and avoid trouble, they set upon him, beating him until he falls to the floor.
To their horror, they find he is dead. Panicked they dump the body on a road,
agreeing never to mention the grim incident. But one boy struggles with his
conscience to decide whether to report the death or
remain silent. [RF]
*Note: Discrepancy between directors.
2.12 [051] Playhouse 90: PANIC BUTTON
prod. #57-12
28Nov1957 CBS Thur
Producer Martin Manulis
Executive assistant Dominick Dunne
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Robert Stack ......... Jerry Cook
Vera Miles ........... Carolyn Cook
Lee J. Cobb .......... Al Bengsten
Leif Erickson ........ Paul Henderson
Marian Seldes ........ Kate Sullivan
Synopsis 1:
The story was about a plane crash and the ensuing investigation, which
finds that the accident had been caused by a pilot error. The surviving
co-pilot, knows that he was at fault but places the blame on the
plane's dead captain. A Civil Aeronautics Board investigator, eventually
gets the pilot to break down and tell the truth. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A Civil Aeronautics Board investigation determines that the reason a plane
crashed,
killing all aboard except one of the pilots, is that either the dead pilot or the survivor
became panic-stricken and pushed the wrong button, but the investigators
aren't sure which one was at fault. [FMN]
2.13 [052] Playhouse 90: GALVANIZED YANKEE (film)
prod #57-13
05Dec1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Winston O'Keefe
Written by Russell S. Hughes
Based on Gordon D. Shirreffs' novel MASSACRE CREEK
(Popular Library pb #832, 1958)
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Director of photography George Diskant
Film editor Chandler House
cast
Lloyd Nolan .......... Capt. Kuyper
James Whitmore ...... Capt. Miles Shay
Victor Jory .......... Capt. Hume
Neville Brand ........ Sgt. Duggan
Chuck Courtney ....... Bob Shay
Martha Vickers
William Boyette
Synopsis 1:
In a Northern prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War, a crippled
Yankee commander has a rebellious Rebel executed. The dead man's brother,
also a prisoner, vows vengeance. He volunteers to accompany the commander
on a mission, planning to murder him along the way but changes his mind
and escapes instead, deciding the commander is "already dead."
The commander, a changed man, covers up for the escapees and himself
faces court martial. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A Confederate captain held prisoner of war in a Union camp vows revenge
when the commandant orders his brother, who is also a prisoner,
executed for attacking a guard. [FMN]
2.14 [053] Playhouse 90: THE THUNDERING WAVE
prod. #57-14
12Dec1957 CBS Thur
Written by Robert Alan Aurthur
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
James Mason ......... Sidney Lowe
Franchot Tone ........ Allen Grant
Joan Bennett ......... Vickie Maxwell
Pamela Mason ......... Marcia Lowe
Susan Oliver ......... Louise Grant
Jack Klugman ......... Lew Downs
Synopsis:
After a long marital and professional separation, an acting couple are
asked to do a play together with the husband cast as the wife's father.
The conflict between them is further aggravated when they disagree
violently over whether their daughter should get
married. [FMN]
2.15 [054] Playhouse 90: FOR I HAVE LOVED STRANGERS
prod #57-15
19Dec1957 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Elick Moll
Story by Don Murray & Fred Clasel
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
Hosted by Hedda Hopper
cast
Don Murray ........... Bob Munson
Hope Lange ........... Raiya
Robert Flemyng ....... Dr. Farlo
Vladimir Sokoloff .... Bartok
Werner Klemperer ..... Boris
Synopsis 1:
A young American in need of a job finds a position on the staff of a displaced
persons camp in Italy. He falls in love with a young girl refugee from
Czechoslovakia.
But when the young lovers plan to marry, they don't foresee the problems
involved in
bringing the bride to America. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The marriage plans of a young Czech woman and a young man on staff of
a displaced persons camp in Czechoslovakia are thwarted by the red tape
involved in bringing a foreign bride to the United
States. [FMN]
2.16 [055] Playhouse 90: THE LONE WOMAN
prod. #57-16
26Dec1957 CBS Thur
written by Al C. Ward
Directed by Unknown
cast
Kathryn Grayson ....... Lone Woman
Scott Brady ........ William Bent
Vincent Price ...... Jesse White
Raymond Burr ...... Charles Bent
Jack Lord ....... Jim Kester
Buddy Baer ........ Angel
Harry Carey, Jr. ......... Cliff Eastland
Synopsis:
A trading post owner in the Colorado territory of 1830 seeks
the annulment of the marriage between his brother and business
partner and
a beautiful Cheyenne woman. [FMN]
2.17 [056] Playhouse 90: REUNION
prod #57-17
02Jan1958 CBS Thur
Story by Merle Miller
Based on his novel REUNION (Viking, 1954)
Directed by UNKNOWN
cast
Hugh O'Brian ......... Jason Merrick
Martha Hyer .......... Louise Merrick
Dane Clark ........... Saul Leventhal
Charles Drake ........ Guy Schmitt
Jack Lord ............ Homer Aswell
Neva Patterson ....... Elizabeth Murray
Patricia Barry ....... Lucille
Frances Farmer ....... Val Schmitt
Robert Paget ......... Bell Boy
Synopsis:
A World War II veteran, now a successful lawyer, hosts a reunion party for three
wartime comrades. At the party each of the four
reveals a secret about his life. [FMN]
2.18 [057] Playhouse 90: THE LAST MAN
prod #57-18
09Jan1958 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Aaron Spelling
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Sterling Hayden ...... Mitch Barrett
Carolyn Jones ........ Julie
Lee Philips .......... Dan
Wallace Ford ......... Mule Rogers
Hurd Hatfield ........ Ivers
Mark Richman ......... Stu
Synopsis 1:
An offbeat hero who schemes to destroy a town because its citizens
refused to help when his wife was dying. Now consumed with guilt, the
townspeople offer him the job of deputy sheriff. Killing the sheriff and
then claiming that his death was the result of an ambush, he takes over
the town's top law enforcement job. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
After his wife and newborn baby die in a frontier town because the storekeeper
demanded full payment for the medicine they needed, a man settles in the town and
works as a bank teller for six years during which he
plans his revenge. [FMN]
* Note: This episode was made into a movie in 1960
called "One Foot in Hell"
with Alan Ladd.
2.19 [058] Playhouse 90: THE 80 YARD RUN
prod. #57-19
16Jan1958 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Script by David Shaw
Based on Irwin Shaw's short story "The Eighty-Yard
Run" (Playboy, May 1955)
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Paul Newman ......... Christian Darling
Joanne Woodward ..... Louise Darling
Darryl Hickman ...... Herbie
Robert F. Simon ..... Sam
Richard Anderson ....... Pete
Coach Red Sanders ...... Coach
Synopsis 1:
A college freshman who at his first football practice broke loose for
an 80-yard touchdown run. His teammates look at him with awe. His coach says,
"You're going to have some future around here, young man!" His girlfriend
awards him with a kiss after the practice and he leaves the field with the
feeling that life is completely satisfying and rewarding. An injury interrupts
his playing and his football career falters. His marriage to his college
sweetheart sours and his business fails. Realizing that they are two good
people who are totally wrong for each other. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The stock market crash of 1929 causes a college football hero's business to
fail.
His wife finds a job at a fashion magazine and advances in her career while
her husband sits and broods. [FMN]
Synopsis 3:
Christian Darling remembers in detail the big moment of his life.
It occurred in the 1920's, when he made an 80-yard run in a college football game,
and the crowd roared. After the game his sweetheart Louise waited for him,
awed and impressed by his performance on the field. Now years later, Christian
and Louise are married. Her father has set Christian up in business and even given
the young couple a large allowance. But after the Crash of 1929, Louise's father dies,
leaving nothing but debts. Christian, out of a job, just sits and broods. Louise,
however, does better. She finds a job on a fashion magazine.
As she advances in her position, her husbands
self-confidence dwindles. [RF]
2.20 [059] Playhouse 90: BEFORE I DIE (film)
prod. #57-20
23Jan1958 CBS Thur
Screen Gems Filmed Presentation
Produced by William Froug
Written by Berne Giler
Based on an original story by William Sackheim & Daniel Ullman
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Film editor Richard Brockway
Director of Photography Gert Andersen
cast
Richard Kiley ........ Dr. David Del Vecchio
Kim Hunter ........... Joyce McClure
Skip Homeier ......... George Weaver
Coleen Gray .......... Carol Dennison
Jay C. Flippen ....... Lester Carr
Joe De Santis ........ Dr. Max Bronstein
John Hoyt ............ Dr. Gordon Harper
Dayton Lummis ........ Dr. Engle
Fred Eisley .......... Anesthetist
Synopsis 1:
An innocent man, doomed to die for the murder of a cop that he didn't
commit, is rushed from prison to the county hospital for an emergency
operation. The surgeon becomes convinced of the man's innocence when he
mumbles a girl's name under anesthesia. The surgeon seeks the help
of a psychiatrist to penetrate his patient's subconscious. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
While performing an emergency operation on a convict sentenced to
death for murder, a surgeon becomes convinced by the patient's mumblings
under anesthesia that he isn't guilty. [FMN]
2.21 [060] Playhouse 90: THE GENTLEMAN FROM SEVENTH AVENUE (live)
prod. #57-21
30Jan1958 CBS Thur
Executive Producer Peter Kortner
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Elick Moll
Directed by Allen Reisner
Director of photography Joseph F. Biroc
Assistant to the producer Dominick Dunne & Russell Stoneham
Story Editor Del Reisman
Art Director Albert Heschong
Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin
Makeup Bud Westmore
Hair Stylist Larry Germain
Costumes Lilli Ann
Hosted by Dana Wynter
cast
Walter Slezak ........ Mr. Golden
Patricia Neal ........ Rena Menken
Sylvia Sidney ........ Mrs. Golden
Robert Alda .......... Morris Kogen
Lawrence Dobkin ...... Elbaum
Joyce Jameson ........ Miss Cooper
Howard Dayton ........ Sidney
Peggy Maley .......... Shelley
Judy Nugent .......... Jenny
Don Washbrook ........ Marvin
Amanda Randolph ...... Gladys
Leo Fuchs ............ Bianco
Carol Morris and Ingrid Goude (Miss Sweden) .... Models
Synopsis:
Finding his attractive designer in tears, Mr. Golden, a successful
dress manufacturer, comforts her over dinner and a few-too-many drinks.
He learns that Miss Menken has fallen for the firm's star salesman and
Lothario. But his paternal gesture is misinterpreted by his wife, his
daughter, his friends and his employees. Even the playboy salesman is
shocked by Mr. Golden's escapade. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Finding his attractive designer in tears, a dress manufacturer takes her out for drinks
and dinner and learns that she's fallen for the firm's womanizing top salesman.
His innocent gesture is misinterpreted by his wife, his daughter, and his friends
and employees
including the playboy salesman. [FMN]
2.22 [061] Playhouse 90: THE VIOLENT HEART
prod. #57-22
06Feb1958 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Leslie Stevens
Based on Daphne Du Maurier's short story "The Little Photographer"
(collected in THE APPLE TREE, Gollancz 1952/
KISS ME AGAIN, STRANGER, Doubleday 1953)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Dana Wynter ...... Marquise
Ben Gazzara ...... M. Paul
Charles Korvin ... Marquis
Pamela Brown ..... Baroness
Vivian Nathan .... Annette
Mimi Gibson ...... Celeste
William Roerick... Manager
Synopsis 1:
On the Riviera, a young marquise and her daughter and friend,
searching for a camera, buy one from a photographer who is drawn
to the marquise's beauty. Returning to the hotel, the marquise
learns that her husband must leave for Paris. The young wife goes
for a walk and suddenly finds herself in the photographer's shop. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Searching for a special camera, a young marquise on the Riviera drops into the
studio of a photographer who is drawn to her beauty. When she learns that
her husband must unexpectedly return to Paris, she goes for a walk and
suddenly finds herself in the same studio. [FMN]
*Note:
From TIME magazine 17Feb58.
As the marquise, porcelain-cheeked Dana Wynter, whose "lovely hands drooped
down like lilies on either side," coped with blackmail and adultery with equally
exquisite calm. Far flashier was Director John Frankenheimer, whose busy directorial conceits,
trick angles, mirror shots, closeups to the pore, camera peeps through iron grilles,
even the little photographer's aperture; often upstaged the work itself while accenting
its hollow passion. Sometimes the tricks of the director, working in tandem with the
star-crossed lovers and their rococo
surroundings, were more attention-catching than the story.
2.23 [062] Playhouse 90: NO TIME AT ALL (on film)
prod. #57-23
13Feb1958 CBS Thur (rerun 28Aug58)
filmed in Hollywood by Filmaster Productions, Inc.
Produced by Jaime del Valle
Adapted by David Swift & Charles Einstein
Based on Charles Einstein's novel NO TIME AT ALL
(Simon & Schuster, 1957)
Directed by David Swift
Announcer Dick Joy
Hosted by Everett Sloane
cast
William Lundigan ..... Ben Gammon
Betsy Palmer ......... Emmy Verdon
Keenan Wynn .......... Marshall Keats
Jane Greer ........... Karen
Jack Haley ........... Stanley Leeds
Regis Toomey ......... Joe Donaldson
Buster Keaton ........ Harrison
Jay C. Flippen ....... Happy Gallant
Reginald Gardner ..... Felix Allardyce
James Gleason ........ Dolph Grimes
Mary Beth Hughes ..... Mrs. Leeds
Chico Marx ........... Mr. Kramer
Sylvia Sidney ........ Mrs. Kramer
Cliff Edwards ........ Webber's Manager
Harry Einstein ....... Mr. Laurie
Florence Halop ....... Mrs. Laurie
Shepperd Strudwick ... Reagan
Charles Bronson ...... Kip
Howard McNear ........ Bertram
Kathryn Card ......... Bertram's Wife
Jack Mulhall ......... Editor
Richard Crane ........ Pilot
Frank Wilcox, Ron Hargrave, Sam Gilman
*
Production Manager .... Glenn N. Cook
Assistant Director .... Nathan R. Barragar
Director of Photography .. Hal Mohr, A.S.C.
Supervising Editor .... Fred W. Berger, A.C.E.
Editor ................ Samuel Gold
Property Master ....... Mike Gordon
Script Supervisor ..... Gana Jones
Set Decorator ......... Raymond Boltz, Jr.
Wardrobe .............. Joseph Dimmitt
Makeup Artist ......... William Wood
Hair Stylist .......... Madine Danks
Sound ................. Roderick Sound Inc
Special Photographic Effects ... Jack Rabin / Louis DeWitt
Technical Advisers .... Dick Whitehead & Edward Tabor
Equipment Rentals C&H Sales Corp
Synopsis 1:
On a night flight from Miami, Fla. to New York, an airliner develops
electrical trouble. In cameo portrayals we see the reactions of friends
and families to the possible fate of the plane passengers. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
En route from Miami to New York a night plane develops electrical trouble,
and the passengers friends and families react in various ways to their possible fate. [FMN]
*Note: Postponed 14Aug58 to 28Aug58 (TVG)
2.24 [063] Playhouse 90: POINT OF NO RETURN
prod. #57-24
20Feb1958 CBS Thur
Adapted for TV by Frank D. Gilroy
Based on John P. Marquand's novel POINT OF NO RETURN (Little Brown, 1949)
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Charlton Heston ...... Charles Gray
Hope Lange ........... Jessica Lovell
Nancy Gray ........... Katharine Bard
Edward Andrews ....... Roger Blakesley
John Williams ........ Mr. Lovell
Ainslie Pryor ........ Jackie Mason
Synopsis:
Charles Gray has devoted his life to assuring his success as a
businessman in a New York Bank. His wife Nancy has aided him in
his financial and social careers. Gray is being considered for
a promotion to vice-president when he is sent on a business trip
to his home town in New England. As he revisits the scenes of his
boyhood, and sees his old friends and his first love, Gray begins
to reevaluate his aims and attitudes in life. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A financier in line for promotion to vice-president of his firm is sent on a
business
trip to his New England home town, where he revisits the scenes of his boyhood and
his old friends and first love and begins to
rethink his marriage and his aims in life. [FMN]
2.25 [064] Playhouse 90: PORTRAIT OF A MURDERER (on film)
Prod. #57-25
27Feb1958 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Script by Leslie Stevens
Story by Abby Mann
Directed by Arthur Penn
Associate Producer Peter Kortner
Announcer Dick Joy
cast
Tab Hunter ....... Donald Bashor (EMMY nomination)
Geraldine Page ....... Florry
Rudy Bond ............ Eddie
Elizabeth Patterson .. Mrs. Finch
Frank London ......... Jackie
Ned Glass ............ Charlie
Barbara Turner ....... Sandra
Sid Clute ............ Mr. Cooney
Richard Bisutti ...... Bobby
Donald Foster ........ Psychiatrist
Joe Perry ............ Records Officer
Almira Sessions ...... Murdered Woman
Edwin Jerome ......... Judge
Jules Maitland ....... Interviewer
with
Joe A. Mayo, Glenn Turnbull, Bill Boyett and Gary Walberg as Policemen
*
Del Reisman ......... Story Editor
Peter Nelson & Dominick Dunne .. Assistants to the Producer
Walter Scott Herndon .. Art Director
Don Ray ............. Music Supervisor
Ron Winston ......... Associate Director
Brooks Graham ....... Technical Director
Bill E. Grams ....... Lighting Director
John Lamphear ....... Set Decorator
Synopsis 1:
Donald Bashor, leads an exemplary life during the day, and is a
respected member of the community. But at night a change comes
over him and he frequents bars in another neighborhood. After
committing a robbery, he is apprehended by police who do not
suspect that he may also be connected with two recent murders. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A handsome young men with a respectable day job spends his nights
exploring the seamy side of life. After committing a robbery he is arrested and,
little by little, linked to two recent murders. [FMN]
Synopsis 3:
Handsome 29-year-old Donald Bashor leads an exemplary life during the day
and is a respected member of his community. But at night a change comes over
the young man and he frequents bars in another neighborhood. After committing
a robbery, Bashor is apprehended by the police, who do not suspect that their
prisoner may be connected with two recent murders. [RF]
*Note: Based on a real murder case, this script was based on
remarks made by Bashor after his convictions and recorded by a tape.
The narration is provided by these tapes . [RF]
2.26 [065] Playhouse 90: THE LAST CLEAR CHANCE (taped)
prod. #57-26
06Mar1958 CBS Thur (rerun 15Aug61)
Written by A.E. Hotchner
Directed by George Roy Hill
Hosted by Richard Boone
cast
Paul Muni ............ Sam Arlen
Luther Adler ......... D.A. Forrest Garvin
Dick York ............ Scott Arlen
Lee Remick ........... Peggy Maylin
Eithne Dunne ......... Mrs. Matson
John Hoyt ............ Ross Melnichor
Carl Benton Reid ..... Judge
Synopsis 1:
A respected attorney comes out of retirement to defend his lawyer son, who faces
disbarment proceedings on the charge that he withheld evidence in order to win
an acquittal in a murder trial. [FMN]
Synopsis 2:
The day after he succeeds in gaining an acquittal for his client in a murder
trial,
young Scott Arlen turns over to the court additional evidence pertaining to the case
- evidence he claims has just been discovered. District Attorney Forrest Garvin
accuses Arlen of deliberately withholding the evidence till after the trial.
Then he institutes disbarment proceedings, and Arlen calls in a more experienced
lawyer to defend him - his father, the distinguished
and respected Sam Arlen. [RF]
*Note: Paul Muni received an Emmy nomination for his performance.
2.27 [066] Playhouse 90: THE MALE ANIMAL
prod. #57-27
13Mar1958 CBS Thur
Written by Helene Hanff
Based on James Thurber & Elliott Nugent's stage play THE MALE ANIMAL
(1941)
Directed by UNKNOWN
cast
Andy Griffith ........ Prof. Tommy Turner
Ann Rutherford ....... Ellen Turner
Edmond O'Brien ....... Joe Ferguson
Charles Ruggles ...... Dean Damon
Gale Gordon .......... Ed Keller
Dick Sargent ......... Michael
Ronnie Knox
Synopsis:
A bewildered English professor finds himself in a slew of trouble as he defies
the
attacks of college trustees on academic freedom at the same time that a football
hero who is an old flame of his wife's returns to town
for the big game. [FMN]
2.28 [067] Playhouse 90: THE RIGHT HAND MAN
prod. #57-28
20Mar1958 CBS Thur
Producer Martin Manulis
Written by Dick Berg
Story by Garson Kanin
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Dana Andrews ......... Leo Bass
Anne Baxter .......... Pat Bass
Leslie Nielsen ....... Ralph Mohr
Stuart Erwin ......... George Clay
June Collyer ......... Trixie Clay
Ruta Lee
Synopsis:
The chief assistant to the head of a Hollywood talent agency is torn between
ambition and friendship when he learns that the loyalty of his good friend and fellow
agent is being questioned by the boss. [FMN]
- 27Mar1958 no details -
2.29 [068] Playhouse 90: TURN LEFT AT MOUNT EVEREST
prod. #57-30
03Apr1958 CBS Thur
Adapted by Del Reisman
Based on Lowell Barrington's stage play TURN LEFT AT MT. EVEREST
Directed by UNKNOWN
cast
Peter Lorre ......... Tenzing
Fess Parker ......... Pvt. Linus Powell
Patricia Cutts ...... Sally Gates
Paul Ford ........... Colonel
Arnold Stang ........ Allencamp
Synopsis:
Trouble comes when Powell is transferred across the Himalayas to China.
He is determined to get back to his girlfriend in Calcutta, regardless of
obstacles like the Himalaya mountains and like the man ordered
by the colonel of the post to shadow Powell. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
After being transferred from India to an outpost in China, on the other side
of the Himalayas, a private in the World War II Air Corps hatches a plot to get back
to Calcutta and the English girl he left behind there, despite the fact that his
new commanding officer is having him shadowed.
[FMN]
- 10Apr58 no details -
2.30 [069] Playhouse 90: THE DUNGEON (film)
prod. #57-31
17Apr1958 CBS Thur
filmed by The TV Division of Universal-International Studios
Produced by Norman Macdonnell
Written and Directed by David Swift
Director of photography, Russell Metty
Cast:
Paul Douglas ......... Emery Ganun
Agnes Moorehead ...... Rose Ganun
Julie Adams .......... Janice Ohringer
Patty McCormack ...... Mahala May
Dennis Weaver ........ Karl Ohringer
Thomas Gomez ......... John Marin
Ian Wolfe ............ Eduard Wingate
Patrick McVey ........ Lt. Galiffa
Werner Klemperer ..... Jesse Eastland
Russell Collins ...... Walter Hinch
Eduard Franz ......... Burton Wheless
with
Ken Lynch, Johnny Crawford
Mimi Gibson, Robert Osterloh
Philip Tonge
*
art director, Alex Golitzen;
film editor, Frank Gross;
assistant director, Marshall Green.
Set decoration, Russell Gausman, Julia Heron;
sound recording, Leslie I. Carey, Joe Lapis;
makeup, Bud Westmore;
hair stylist, Larry Germaine
*
Synopsis:
Wealthy, sadistic Emery Ganun is eagerly following the trial of Karl
Ohringer, who is charged with a killing. When Ohringer is acquitted on
the ground that the killing was entirely accidental, Ganun decides to take
justice into his own hands. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
After a young man is acquitted of murder on the ground that the killing was
accidental, a wealthy sadist who has been following the trial decides
to mete out his own brand of justice. [FMN]
*Note: Working title by David Swift "Ganun".
2.31 [070] Playhouse 90: VERDICT OF THREE
prod. #57-32
24Apr1958 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Adapted by James P. Cavanagh
Based on Raymond Postgate's novel
VERDICT OF TWELVE (Collins 1940,
Doubleday 1940)
Directed by Buzz Kulik
cast
Michael Wilding ...... Sir John Alexander
Angela Lansbury ...... Victoria Atkins
Yvonne De Carlo ...... Marina Arkwright
Gladys Cooper ........ Mrs. Allen
Cecil Kellaway ....... Dr. Parkes
Carmen Mathews ....... Alice Morris
Rod Taylor ........... Francis Allen
Synopsis 1:
Marina Arkwright is accused of poisoning her young son and is brought to trial.
After her husband's death, Marina turned the boy over to his grandparents
in return for a financial settlement. When the grandfather died and the boy
was due to come into a sizable inheritance, Marina returned to her child.
Three of the jurors selected for the trial bring their own prejudices to the
case. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
When a widow is charged with poisoning her young son in order to keep
him from inheriting his paternal grandfather's estate, three jurors selected for
the trial bring their own prejudices to the
case. [FMN]
2.32 [071] Playhouse 90: RUMORS OF EVENING
01May1958 CBS Thur (rerun 30Jul59)
Adapted by Leslie Stevens
Based on a Story by F.W. Durkee Jr.
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
John Kerr ............ Capt. Neil Dameron
Barbara Bel Geddes ... Sidney Cantrell
Robert Loggia ........ Major Woulman
Patricia Hitchcock ... Irma Jean Deever
Robert F. Simon ...... General Strayer
Carl Benton Reid ..... Colonel
Billie Burke ......... Mrs. Purcell
Synopsis 1:
During World War II an American pilot at an English air base falls in love with
a woman in an entertainment group that performs at the base and, knowing it
means he'll be able to see her again, gives up his chance for a stateside
leave and volunteers for a dangerous mission. [FMN]
Synopsis 2:
Captain Neil Dameron, young American pilot, is stationed at an air base in
England during World War II. An entertainment group appears at the base and
Dameron is attracted to one of the girls. Though she rebuffs his overtures, Dameron
is determined to see her again. He then learns that a dangerous mission is scheduled
and though he is due to return to the States on leave, he feels it is his duty to stay.
Besides, he'll be able to see the girl again. [RF]
*Note: The Kingston Trio provided background music as well as
appeared as pilots in this episode. The songs they sing are "Scarlet Ribbons"
and "When the Saints Go Marching In".
2.33 [072] Playhouse 90: NOT THE GLORY
08May1958 CBS Thur
Written by David Shaw
Based on Pierre Boulle's novel WILLIAM CONRAD
(1950; translated as WILLIAM CONRAD, Secker & Warburg 1955 /
NOT THE GLORY, Vanguard 1956)
Directed by UNKNOWN
cast
James Mason .......... Wilhelm Konreid
Ann Todd ............. Lady Diane Goodfellow
Dennis King .......... Sir Wallace Goodfellow
Walter Fitzgerald .... Major Wickham
Synopsis:
In 1939 a Nazi agent posing as a captured and escaped Polish patriot comes
to London, becomes attracted to a noblewoman volunteering at a hospital,
and is soon offered a job as radio commentator for the BBC. [FMN]
2.34 [073] Playhouse 90: NIGHTMARE AT GROUND ZERO
15May1958 CBS Thur (copyright date 10Apr1958)
Script by Rod Serling & Paul Monash
Based on Dr. John C. Clark & Robert Cahn's book NIGHTMARE AT GROUND ZERO
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Barry Sullivan ....... Daniel Joyce
Jack Warden .......... Long
Carl Benton Reid ..... Gen. Tyler
Ainslie Pryor ........ Beloit
Synopsis:
In 1954, scientists in a bunker on an atoll 20 miles from the site of what
will be the first hydrogen-bomb test discover that the bomb is much
more destructive than they had calculated. [FMN]
2.35 [074] Playhouse 90: BOMBER'S MOON
(mainly live / portions pre-recorded)
22May1958 CBS Thur
Produced by Martin Manulis
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Hosted by Cliff Robertson.
cast
Bob Cummings ......... Col. Culver
Rip Torn ............. Lt. Harrison
Hazel Court .......... Mary Jarvis
Martin Balsam ........ Capt. Mantell
Larry Gates .......... Major
J. Pat O'Malley ...... Pub Keeper
Synopsis 1:
An American bomber wing stationed in England in 1943 has flown many
dangerous missions. The fliers regard their commander, Col. Culver, as
a man devoid of any human emotion or understanding. After a mission
in which one of Culver's best pilots was shot down, the overwrought
Colonel singles out a young flier and publicly accuses him of cowardice.
This accusation brings the conflict between the two men into the open. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The ruthless officer commanding an American bomber wing stationed in England
during World War II singles out a young flyer and publicly accuses him of cowardice
after a mission on which one of his best pilots was
shot down. [FMN]
2.36 [075] Playhouse 90: NATCHEZ (film)
29May1958 CBS Thur
Produced by William Froug
Teleplay by Martin M. Goldsmith
Story by E.A. Ellington
Directed by David Lowell Rich
director of photography Gert Andersen
film editor Michael Luciano
cast
Cliff Robertson ...... Danny Carson
Macdonald Carey ..... Alexander Lamar
Thomas Mitchell ...... Mr. Carson
Felicia Farr ......... Valerie Lamar
Ted de Corsia ........ Jenkins
Dan Blocker
Chubby Johnson
Keith Vincent
Synopsis 1:
A Civil War POW returns to the South to find his father is considered
a traitor for refusing to burn his crops along with the other scorched-
earth adherents. He goes to work for and falls in love with the wife of
a riverboat entrepreneur. He finds something to live for when his father
is killed standing up to the entrepreneur and he gets the wife. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A young Confederate officer returns from the Civil War to learn that his father
saved
his crops while other planters destroyed theirs to keep them from falling into Union
hands. Denouncing his father as a traitor, the young man leaves home and takes
a job on a Mississippi River gambling boat. [FMN]
2.37 [076] Playhouse 90: THE INNOCENT SLEEP
05Jun58 CBS Thur
Teleplay by Tad Mosel
Story by Brooks Graham
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Buster Keaton ........ Charles Blackburn
Hope Lange ........... Alex Winter
John Ericson ......... Leo West
Hope Emerson ......... Mrs. Downey
Dennis King .......... Clyde Winter
Peg Hillias .......... Mrs. Howle
Synopsis:
When a wealthy invalid marries a much younger woman who then insists on taking
care of him alone, his housekeeper becomes suspicious, especially when a young
man begins to call at the house frequently. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Wealthy invalid Clyde Winter marries a woman many years his junior. Mrs. Downey,
who has been the housekeeper in the Winter home for many years, resents the
presence of the young wife. When the wife, Alex, insists on taking care of her husband
alone, Mrs. Downey's resentment deepens. She begins to watch the young woman
closely, and becomes suspicious when a young man calls at the house and asks for Alex.
Her suspicions are further aroused when she perceives that Alex is unnaturally ill at ease
in the presence of the town character, who was struck deaf and dumb at a trial in which
he was accused of killing his father. [RF]
Playhouse 90: 12Jun58 CBS
preempted for DuPont Show of the Month, "The Member of the Wedding".
2.38 [077] Playhouse 90: A TOWN HAS TURNED TO DUST
19Jun1958 CBS Thur
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Rod Steiger ......... Sheriff Harvey Denton
William Shatner ..... Jerry Paul
Fay Spain ........... Annamay Paul
James Gregory ....... Hennify, Reporter
Mario Alcaide ....... Ramon Rivera
Martin Garralaga .... Priest
Eugene Iglesias ..... Pancho Rivera
Synopsis 1:
An innocent Mexican boy is sacrificed to a lynching mob by an ineffectual
sheriff.
The slaughter leads to a brooding darkness involving the remorseful relatives
of the Mexican youngster and the sullen townspeople. Almost by a chain
reaction there is established a second set of circumstances inviting a
lynching of the Mexican's brother. Only this time the sheriff recaptures a
shred of human dignity and saves the brother, if not the town. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In the late 19th century in a small southwestern town, a Mexican boy is jailed
and accused of robbing Jerry Paul's general store and attacking his wife.
Paul gathers a mob of irate citizens and convinces them that they should
lynch the Mexican youth without waiting for a trial. At the jail the sheriff
tries to comfort his terrified prisoner as the mob comes closer with
Paul at its head. The sheriff tries to reason with Paul, but finally
sees his efforts are in vain. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
A storekeeper in a Southwest town organizes a mob to lynch the Mexican youth
who is accused of robbing the store and raping
its owner's wife. [FMN]
2.39 [078] Playhouse 90: THE GREAT GATSBY
26Jun1958 CBS Thur
Adapted by David Shaw
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel THE GREAT GATSBY (Scribner, 1925)
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Jeanne Crain ......... Daisy Buchanan
Robert Ryan .......... Jay Gatsby
Rod Taylor ........... Nick Carraway
Virginia Grey ........ Myrtle Wilson
Patricia Barry ....... Jordan Baker
Synopsis 1:
The time is World War I. Jimmy Gatz, ambitious North Dakota farm boy,
enlists in the Army and succeeds in earning a commission. In New York
he becomes fascinated with the social whirl and the life of the very rich.
In particular, he becomes fascinated with Daisy, the lovely young daughter
of a prominent family. But though a romance begins, Daisy's family and
the Army intervene. Gatz, who has changed his name to Jay Gatsby,
is sent overseas, and the forlorn Daisy is persuaded to marry wealthy
Tom Buchanan. Several years later, Gatsby, now a rich man himself,
hatches an elaborate scheme to rekindle the romance. [RF]
*
Nick is the innocent bystander who gets drawn into the complicated
scandals of his wealthy neighbors for the summer: his cousin, Daisy
Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A once poor young man comes into wealth and hatches an elaborate scheme to
rekindle his romance with the lovely and socially prominent woman who rejected
him to marry into her own class. [FMN]
2.40 [079] Playhouse 90: A BITTER HERITAGE (film)
07Aug58 CBS Thur (copyright date 21Apr58)
Screen Gems Filmed Presentation
Produced by Winston O'Keefe
Written by Joseph Landon
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Camera: Henry Freulich
Film editor: Richard Brockway
cast:
Elizabeth Montgomery.. Mary Brecker
James Drury .......... Jesse James
Franchot Tone ........ Frank James
Robert Middleton ..... Luke Crocker
Henry Hull ........... Old Henry
Eva Le Galliene ...... Grandma James
Dayton Lummis ........ Colonel Brecker
Strother Martin ...... Earle Eheeler
Denver Pyle .......... Sam Wheeler
Russell Thorson ...... Sheriff Piets
Synopsis 1:
The James boys, being framed for a bank heist, are
saved by the banker's daughter. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Former outlaw Frank James and the son of his dead brother Jesse return to the
small Kansas town where Frank's mother lives but soon find themselves framed
for a bank robbery and chased by a posse. [FMN]
*Note: The working title of this episode was "The Brand of Jesse James".
Ethel Barrymore was scheduled to play the role of Grandma James but due
to a broken wrist the role was recast with Eva Le Gallienne in her TV film debut. [RF]
{Information supplied by Dan Jenkins Hollywood
Report dated 22Feb58.
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CBS Thursdays 9:30-11:00 pm weekly
3.01 [080] Playhouse 90: THE PLOT TO KILL STALIN (live)
25Sep1958 CBS Thur
Produced by Fred Coe
Written by David Karp
Directed by Delbert Mann
cast
Melvyn Douglas ...... Stalin
Eli Wallach ......... Poskrebyshev
Oskar Homolka ....... Khrushchev
E.G. Marshall ....... Beria
Luther Adler ........ Molotov
Thomas Gomez ........ Malenkov
Marian Seldes ....... Mme. Molotov
Lawrence Dobkin ..... Shtemenko
Bert Freed .......... Sokolovsky
David J. Stewart .... Ignatiev
Paul Bryar .......... Zhukhov
Paul Lambert ........ Rassine
Harry Davidson ...... Ryumim
Paul Maxwell ........ Recorder
Edwin Jerome ........ Senior physician
Synopsis 1:
It is reported that in his last years Stalin grew more and more feverishly
suspicious of the men around him. Tonight's play opens in the fall of 1952,
six months before the Soviet premier's death. On the eve of the 19th
Communist Party congress, Stalin confides to his personal secretary
Poskrebyshev his plan to centralize power even more completely
in his own hands. He will abolish the Politburo, and replace it with a
Presidium. This will be of such cumbersome dimensions that it will be
virtually ineffectual. Then Stalin takes a further step to insure his control,
he secretly records the conversations of his lieutenants. Beria, who
eventually was executed by Stalin's successors, receives the first hint of his
fall from favor when his portrait at the party congress is moved further down
from its original position. Before long, others begin to realize
that they too are being watched. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In the fall of 1952, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin plots to centralize power even
more
completely in his own hands and secretly records the conversations of his top
lieutenants, who soon realize that he is also
having them watched. [FMN]
3.02 [081] Playhouse 90: THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
(mainly live / portions pre-recorded)
02Oct1958 CBS Thur (rebroadcast 17Sep59)
Produced by Fred Coe
Written by J.P. Miller
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Hosted by Sterling Hayden
cast
Piper Laurie ........ Kirsten Arnesen Clay
Cliff Robertson ..... Joe Clay
Charles Bickford ..... Ellis Arensen
Malcolm Atterbury .... Jim Hungerford
Marc Lawrence ........ Scarface
Martha Wentworth ..... Mrs. Nolan
Synopsis 1:
The slow, horrifying deterioration of Kirsten and Joe's life due to alcohol is
a terrifying thing to witness. Their addiction has destroyed them,
and now it is the only thing keeping them together. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Joe Clay, a once successful businessman, and his wife have become alcoholics.
In an effort to get help and to save his marriage, Joe goes to a meeting of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
Here he is asked to recount how he became an alcoholic. Ten years earlier,
Joe recalls he met pretty Kirsten Arnesen at a party. Attracted to each other
they left the party, taking a bottle of liquor with them. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
A once successful businessman ruined by liquor attends a meeting of Alcoholics
Anonymous and tells how his troubles with whiskey began ten years earlier when he
and a pretty woman he later married met at a
party and went off, taking a bottle with them. [FMN]
3.03 [082] Playhouse 90: THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
09Oct1958 CBS Thur
Produced by Gordon Duff
Written by A.J. Russell
Based on William Saroyan's stage play THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE (1939)
Directed by Tom Donovan
Hosted by Jack Carson
cast
Jackie Gleason ....... Joe
Betsy Palmer ......... Kitty Duval
Dick York ............ Tom
Jack Klugman ......... Nick
Bobby Van ............ Harry
James Barton ......... Kit Carson
Bert Freed ........... Blick
Terry Carter ......... Wesley
Steve Franken ........ Willie
Carlos Montalban ..... The Arab
Ray McHugh ........... The Newsboy
Billy M. Greene ...... The Drunk
Dina Merrill ......... Mary
Jeri Archer .......... Killer
Ray McHugh ........... Newsboy
Lynne Forrester ...... Friend
Synopsis 1:
The scene is a San Francisco dive known as Nick's Pacific Street Saloon,
Restaurant, and Entertainment Palace. Strolling in and out, and revealing
details of their lives and loves, is a motley collection of people. Some
are nice, some are not; some are down on their luck, but not on their
cheerfulness.
At the center of the action that begins to evolve is a philosophical gent named
Joe. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A San Francisco dive known a Nick's is frequented by a motley collection of
people at the center of whom is a philosophical gent
named Joe. [FMN]
3.04 [083] Playhouse 90: THE LONG MARCH
16Oct1958 CBS Thur
Produced by Fred Coe
Teleplay by Roger O. Hirson
Based on William Styron's novelet "The Long March" (Discovery, February
1953;
collected in THE LONG MARCH, Random House 1956)
Directed by Delbert Mann
cast
Sterling Hayden ...... Col. Rocky Templeton
Rod Taylor ........... Lt. Warren Culver
Jack Carson .......... Capt. Al Mannix
Mona Freeman ......... Betsy
James Congden ........ Pvt. Hobbs
Shirley Knight ....... ? (unconfirmed source)
Synopsis 1
In the Marines, Culver is the capable assistant to his good friend,
Capt. Al Mannix, a fellow reservist and the company commander. Mannix's
commander -- and nemesis -- is Col. Rocky Templeton, who has ordered the
Marine trainees on a rigorous battle exercise that's to be followed by
a 36-mile march back to the base. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A Marine veteran of World War II, recalled to serve in the Korean conflict
under a stern colonel, becomes incensed when his reservists are ordered
on a long forced march just after coming back from
heavy combat. [FMN]
3.05 [084] Playhouse 90: SHADOWS TREMBLE (film)
23Oct1958 CBS Thur (rebroadcast 16Jul59)
Written by Ernest Kinoy
Directed by UNKNOWN
cast
Edward G. Robinson ... Oscar Bromek
Ray Walston .......... Partridge
Beatrice Straight .... Grace
Frank Conroy ......... Ty Tyburn
Parker Fennelly ...... George Putnam
Robert Webber ........ Malcolm Field
Lori March ........... Felicia Field
Byron Foulger ........ Frank Post
Synopsis 1:
An immigrant who has made a fortune as a toy manufacturer suffers a heart attack
and decides to retire. He buys the historic Vermont home he has rented regularly
as a summer place but finds that the tradition-bound natives virtually ignore him. [FMN]
Synopsis 2:
Oscar Bromek decides to buy the historic New England Tyburn home which he
has been renting regularly every summer. Bromek, who came to this country
as an immigrant, has built a successful toy-manufacturing firm and now, because of
a heart condition, he plans to retire to this small Vermont town. But the tradition bound natives
do not take kindly to Bromek and he finds
himself virtually ignored by them. [RF]
3.06 [085] Playhouse 90: WORD FROM A SEALED-OFF BOX
prod. #58-6
30Oct1958 CBS Thur
Producer Fred Coe
Teleplay by Mayo Smith
Based on the book "The Walls Came Tumbling Down", by Henriette Roosenburg
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Maria Schell ......... Gret
Jean-Pierre Aumont ... Harry
Vivian Nathan ........ Frieda
Betsy Von Furstenburg .... Lisa
Theodore Bikel ....... Rapp
Synopsis:
In 1944 a courier for the Dutch underground is captured by the Germans and
taken to Gestapo headquarters, where she desperately tries to concoct a story
that will protect the agent she was to contact. [FMN]
Synopsis 2:
Four prisoners in Nazi-occupied Holland come up with a plan for escape. [RF]
3.07 [086] Playhouse 90: HEART OF DARKNESS
06Nov1958 CBS Thur
Teleplay by Stewart Stern
Based on Joseph Conrad's short novel HEART OF DARKNESS
(Blackwood's Magazine, February-April 1899)
Directed by Ron Winston
cast
Roddy McDowall ....... Marlow
Boris Karloff ........ Kurtz
Oscar Homolka ........ Doctor
Eartha Kitt .......... Queen
Richard Haydn ........ Accountant
Inga Swenson ......... Maria
Cathleen Nesbitt ..... Old Woman
Synopsis 1:
A long sea voyage behind him, Marlow is on his way back to England.
An intense young man, Marlow wants desperately to live a meaningful life.
He looks forward to a reunion with Kurtz, the man who had raised him.
He believes that Kurtz can explain the mysteries of human existence.
In England, Marlow learns from Kurtz's daughter that he has gone to Africa.
Determined to find his benefactor, Marlow makes preparations for a trip to
Africa.
When he explains his mission to the strange group of people he finds at a
British Colonial Trading Office, he is startled by their reactions. The behavior
of these people is only the first of the mysteries Marlow is to encounter as
he continues his search into the heart of Africa. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In the 1880s an intense young man follows the mysterious figure who raised
him from England to Africa. When he explains his quest to the people at
a British colonial trading office, their strange
reactions startle him. [FMN]
- 13Nov58 no details -
3.08 [087] Playhouse 90: OLD MAN (live)
20Nov1958 CBS Thur
Produced by Fred Coe
Adapted by by Horton Foote
Based on William Faulkner's short novel "Old Man"
(collected in THE WILD PALMS, Random House
1939)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Hosted by Melvyn Douglas
cast
Sterling Hayden ...... Tall convict
Geraldine Page ....... Young woman
Milton Selzer ........ Second convict
James Westerfield .... The Warden
Malcolm Atterbury .... The Doctor
Sandy Kenyon ......... The Deputy
Marc Lawrence ........ The Cajun
Len Lesser ........... Man with gun
Richard Le Pore ...... Man on cotton house
Naomi Stevens ........ Woman on shanty boat
Stafford Repp ........ The Steamboat Captain
Jamie Forster ........ Motor boat Pilot
Alvin Childress ...... Farmer on levee
Clegg Hoyt ........... Army officer
Bob Duggan ........... Steam Launch Pilot
Ned Roberts .......... Machine gun Sergeant
*
Associate producers, Robert Goldman, Russell Stoneham.
Art director, Walter Scott Herndon.
Casting, Ethel Winant.
Associate Director, James Clark.
Production supervisor, William Larsen.
Music supervisor, Milton Anderson.
Technical director, Brooks Graham.
Set decorator, Arthur Jeph Parker.
Lighting director, Tom D. Schamp.
Wardrobe, James Linn.
Special effects, Robert Waugh.
Synopsis 1:
It is 1927. To fight a Mississippi flood, a prison farm releases some
convicts. One sees the flood as his opportunity to escape; another feels
honor-bound to carry out the work and return. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
One convict released from a Mississippi prison farm to fight the great flood
of 1927 sees the situation as his chance to escape, while another feels
honor bound to carry out the work and return. [FMN]
*Note: Closing song sung by Pete Seeger (uncredited).
3.09 [088] Playhouse 90: THE RETURN OF ANSEL GIBBS
27Nov1958 CBS Thur
Produced by John Houseman
Written by David Davison
Based on Frederick Buechner's novel THE RETURN OF ANSEL GIBBS (Knopf,
1958)
Directed by Ralph Nelson
cast
Melvyn Douglas ....... Ansel Gibbs
Diana Lynn ........... Anne
Mary Astor ........... Sylvia
Earl Holliman ........ Robin Tripp
Loring Smith ......... Sen. Farwell
Ilka Chase ........... Louise
John Hoyt ............ Porter Hoye
Synopsis 1:
Ansel Gibbs is asked to return to a high government service
position after years of retirement. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Soon after a retired politician decides to accept a cabinet post in Washington,
his daughter persuades him to grant a TV interview to the son of his former
law partner, who committed suicide after the
politician fired him. [FMN]
3.10 [089] Playhouse 90: FREE WEEKEND
04Dec1958 CBS Thur (rerun 23Jul59)
Written by Steven Gethers
Directed by UNKNOWN
cast
James Whitmore ....... Guy Cato
Nina Foch ............ Wanda Newton
Kim Hunter ........... Shirl Cato
Jim Backus ........... Jerry
Charles Bickford ..... Marvin
Buddy Ebsen .......... Phil
Martin Balsam ........ Sam Gordon
Nancy Marchand ....... Sylvia Sands
June Dayton .......... Dorothy Gordon
Jack Albertson ....... Herbert Sands
Paul Langton ......... Paul Newton
Lee Kinsolving ....... Richard
Synopsis:
After placing their children in a summer camp, several sets of parents
find themselves at odds as each pressures their child to win the
annual Best All-Around Camper cup. [FMN]
3.11 [090] Playhouse 90: SEVEN AGAINST THE WALL
11Dec1958 CBS Thur
Producer Fred Coe
Adapted by David Davidson
Based on the novel by Howard Browne
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Paul Lambert ......... Al Capone
Tige Andrews ......... Frank Nitti
Dennis Patrick ....... George 'Bugs' Moran
Frank Silvera ........ Nick Serrello
Dennis Cross ......... Pete Gusenberg
Barry Cahill ......... Frank Gusenberg
Richard Carlyle ...... Schwimmer
Paul Stevens ......... Jack McGurn
Celia Lovsky ......... Mrs. Schwimmer
Paul Burke ........... Paul Salvanti
Don Gordon ........... Borotta
Jean Inness .......... Mrs. Doody
Al Ruscio ............ Weinshank
George Keymas ........ James Clark
Milton Frome ......... Adam Heyer
Wayne Heffley ........ John May
Karl Lukas ........... Willie Marks
Nesdon Booth ......... Michael Heitler
Robin Morse .......... Charles Fischetti
Connie Davis ......... Mrs. Walsh
Walter Barnes ........ Bartender
Warren Oates ......... Ted Ryan
Lewis Charles ........ Jacob Guzik
Nick Georgiade ....... Rocco
Robert Cass .......... O'Meara
Sid Cassel ........... Angelo
Synopsis 1:
The story of the St. Valentine's Day massacre. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Al Capone and his lieutenants meet to decide how to handle the situation
when a hoodlum in 1928 Chicago decides to muscle in on Capone's liquor
business. The result is the famous St. Valentine's Day Massacre. [FMN]
Synopsis 3: from TIME magazine:
A play about Chicago's St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929, during which
Al Capone's men drew a murderous bead on Bugs Moran and
succeeded only in killing seven other guys. [RF]
- Playhouse 90:
18Dec1958 no details -
3.12 [091] Playhouse 90: THE NUTCRACKER
25Dec1958 CBS Thur
Choreography by George Balanchine
New York City Ballet; conductor, Robert Irving.
Narrator: June Lockhart
cast
Diana Adams ......... Sugar Plum Fairy
Allegra Kent ........ Dewdrop
Arthur Mitchell ..... Coffee
Edward Villella ..... Candy Cane
Judith Green ........ Marzipan shepherdess
Bengt Anderson ...... Drosselmeyer
Ken Peterson ........ Mouse King
Robert Malorano ..... Nutcracker
Deni Lamont ......... Tea
Bonnie Bedelia ...... Clara
Synopsis:
In Tchaikovsky's ballet as choreographed by George Balanchine, a little girl who
has a nutcracker shaped like a little soldier fall asleep and dreams that she is a
princess taken on a series of magical adventures by
her little soldier prince. [RF]
3.13 [092] Playhouse 90: FACE OF A HERO
01Jan1959 CBS Thur
Written by Louis Halstein
Written by Robert Joseph (other source)
Based on Pierre Boulle's novel LA FACE
(1953; translated as FACE OF A HERO, Secker &
Warburg 1956, Vanguard 1956)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Jack Lemmon .......... David Poole
James Gregory ........ Chief Fuller
Rip Torn ............. Harold Rutland, Jr.
Henry Hull ........... Bishop
Anne Meacham ......... Catherine
Larry Gates .......... Sen. Knox
William Hansen ....... Milliard
Malcolm Atterbury .... Simon
Florida Friebus
Synopsis:
While the new prosecuting attorney in a Southern town is telling a jury that
concentration on the facts must lead to justice, flashbacks depict a scene
several months earlier when he stood helplessly by
while a girl drowned. [FMN]
3.14 [093] Playhouse 90: THE WINGS OF THE DOVE (tape)
08Jan1959
Adapted by Meade Roberts
Based on Henry James' novel THE WINGS OF THE DOVE (Scribner, 1902)
Directed by Robert Stevens
cast
Dana Wynter ......... Kate Croy
James Donald ........ Miles Denshaw
John Baragrey ....... Lord Mark
Isabel Jeans ........ Maude Lowder
Henry Daniell ....... Lionel Croy
Lurene Tuttle ....... Susan Stringham
Inga Swenson ........ Milly Theale
Synopsis 1:
The scene is London in the first decade of the century. Kate Croy moves
into the London home of her wealthy Aunt Maude, but Maude makes two demands
of Kate. She must renounce her ne'er-do-well father. Aunt Maude feels he never
provided adequately for Kate's mother. And Kate is not to think of marrying
Miles Denshaw, a young writer lacking both money and family connections.
All the same, Kate schemes to marry Miles. The arrival of Milly Theale, a
well-to-do
young American, gives Kate the opportunity she seeks. (TA)
Synopsis 2:
A wealthy woman allows her young niece to move into her London home
but forbids her to see the poor writer she loves. The arrival of a well-to-do young
woman from America gives the niece an opportunity to
thwart her aunt's wishes. [FMN]
3.15 [094] Playhouse 90: THE BLUE MEN
15Jan1959 CBS Thur
Written by Alvin Boretz
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Edmond O'Brien ....... Roy Brenner
Jack Warden .......... Joe Cushing
Eileen Heckart ....... Rose
Cameron Prud'homme ... Capt. Marshak
James Westerfield .... Mack Harris
David Lewis .......... Lanier
Rafael Campos ........ Jules Roman
Richard LePore ....... Ernie
Eli Wallach (unconfirmed source)
Synopsis:
A veteran police detective is broken to the rank of patrolman and put
on trial after refusing to arrest a youth accused of
theft. [FMN]
3.16 [095] Playhouse 90: THE VELVET ALLEY
(mainly live / portions pre-recorded)
22Jan1959 CBS Thur (rerun 20Aug59)
Produced by Herbert Brodkin
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
Hosted by Barry Sullivan
cast
Art Carney ........... Ernie Pandish
Leslie Nielsen ....... Eddie Kirkley
Katherine Bard ....... Pat Pandish
Jack Klugman ......... Max Salter
Bonita Granville ..... Mrs. Kirkley
George Voskovec ...... Steve Pandish
Alexander Scourby .... Harvey Diedrich
David White .......... Freddie Henderson
Micky Dolenz ......... Melvin (Mickey Braddock)
Eddie Ryder .......... Julius
Martha Wentworth ..... Mrs. Cowznoski
John Conwell ......... Kirkley's associate
Dyan Cannon .......... Gloria
Burt Reynolds ........ The Actor
Synopsis 1:
Ernie Pandish's literary efforts have carried him to middle age without
ever giving him a decent living. He and his wife Pat live in a New York
tenement while he still tries to sell his work. When the big break finally
comes, it comes from "Playhouse 90." Ernie's agent brings him the good news.
Heeding the producer's wishes, Ernie prepares to fly to Hollywood with Pat,
and leave poverty behind them forever. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
An unsuccessful writer who lives with his wife in a New York tenement learns
that one of his scripts has sold to PLAYHOUSE 90 and prepares to fly to
Hollywood, leaving poverty behind forever. [FMN]
3.17 [096] Playhouse 90: A QUIET GAME OF CARDS
29Jan1959 CBS Thur
Written by Reginald Rose
Directed by Alex Segal
cast
Barry Sullivan ....... Sturbridge
Franchot Tone ........ Raymond
Gary Merrill ......... McBurnie
E.G. Marshall ........ Merrill
William Bendix ....... Wales
Irene Hervey ......... Mrs. McBurnie
Synopsis:
Five wealthy and powerful men who have played poker once a week for
years become bored with the game and devise a more exciting way to
gamble, aiming for the highest stakes possible. [FMN]
3.18 [097] Playhouse 90: CHILD OF OUR TIME
05Feb1959 CBS Thur (rerun 24Sep59)
Produced by Herbert Brodkin
Written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Based on Michel del Castillo's novel TANGUY
(1957; translated as TANGUY, Muller 1958/A
CHILD OF OUR TIME, Knopf 1958)
Directed by George Roy Hill
cast
Robert Crawford ...... Tanguy
Liliane Montevecchi .. Carla
Lou Jacobi ........... Puigdellevol
Maximillian Schell ... Gunther
George Dolenz ........ Albert
John Wengraf ......... Mr. Cohen
Rene Korper .......... Guy
Beppy de Vries ....... Concierge
Voytex Dolinski ...... Antoine
Guy de Vestel ........ Dulac
Edgar Barrier ........ Mayo
Synopsis 1:
War deprives Tanguy of his childhood. When his mother returns to Spain to
oppose the Franco regime, he is left in Nazi-occupied Marseilles, France.
The barbed wire of concentration camps, the walls of an oppressive orphanage and
the war-scarred cities of Europe form the world in which the little boy
must search for a family and home. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A woman returning to Spain to fight the Franco regime abandons her son in
Nazi-occupied Marseilles, where amid a war-torn world of concentration camps
and oppressive orphanages he searches for a
family and a home. [RF]
3.19 [098] Playhouse 90: THE SECOND MAN
12Feb1959 CBS Thur
Teleplay by Leslie Stevens
Based on Edward Grierson's novel THE SECOND MAN
(Chatto & Windus 1956, Knopf 1956)
Produced by Herbert Brodkin
cast
James Mason .......... Hesketh
Margaret Leighton .... Miss Kerrison
Hugh Griffith ........ Jaggers
Diana Wynyard ........ Jane Birman
Kenneth Haigh ........ Maudsley
Barry Morse (unconfirmed source)
Synopsis:
The first female barrister in a respected British law firm begs to be allowed
to prove her ability by handling a difficult
murder case. [FMN]
3.20 [099] Playhouse 90: THE RAIDER
19Feb1959 CBS Thur
Written by Loring Mandel
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Paul Douglas ......... David Ringles
Frank Lovejoy ........ Arthur Hennicut
Rod Taylor ........... Bob Castillo
Leif Erickson ........ James Mayberry
Donald Crisp ......... Samuel Harman
Leon Ames ............ Marvin Tannis
Carl Benton Reid
Synopsis 1:
Bob Castillo is a member of the board of directors of the Harman Corp.,
a company that's the target of a corporate raider. He's one of the players
in a high-stakes game between the raider, David Ringler and the chairman of
the board, Arthur Hennicut. But Castillo is different from the other
businessmen on the board: He's also a brilliant engineer from the research
and development department. As the power struggle mounts, Castillo
is pressured to rush an experimental engine through to production --
a desperate move by Hennicut to shore up the board's stockholder support. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
As a proxy battle looms within a large corporation, the chairman of its board
considers resigning until the tactics of his rival
convince him that he must stay and fight. [FMN]
3.21 [100] Playhouse 90: THE DINGALING GIRL
26Feb1959 CBS Thur
Written by J.P. Miller
Directed by Fielder Cook
cast
Diane Varsi .......... Lurene Dawson
Eddie Albert ......... Leroy Dawson
Mort Sahl ............ Dettering Rohn
Sam Jaffe ............ Grandy
Harry Townes ......... Mickey Cassity
Edward S. Brophy ..... Gato Barch
Synopsis:
When a movie contract is offered to a woman with acting ability who prefers to
stay home and take care of her children, her domineering husband sees a
chance to further his ambitions by exploiting her talent and makes the family
relocate to Hollywood, where his wife finds
sudden stardom. [FMN]
3.22 [101] Playhouse 90: MADE IN JAPAN
05Mar1959 CBS Thur
Written by Leslie Stevens
Story by Joseph Stefano
Directed by Herbert Hirschman
cast
Dean Stockwell ........ Roy Riverlee
Harry Guardino ........ Lt. Michael Largo
Dick York ............. Matthew Sherwood
E.G. Marshall ......... Capt. Jules Kilby
Robert Vaughn ......... Earl Randolph
Nobu McCarthy ......... Song Mayonaka
George Takei
Synopsis:
A young GI in postwar Japan, although engaged to a girl back home, begins
to see a lot of a young Japanese woman. When he attempts to break off with her,
he learns that she has already broken her engagement to a Japanese man and
expects him to break his too. [FMN]
3.23 [102] Playhouse 90: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (part 1)
12Mar1959 CBS Thur
Script by A.E. Hotchner
Based on Ernest Hemingway's novel FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (Scribner,
1939)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Jason Robards ........ Robert Jordan
Maureen Stapleton .... Pilar
Maria Schell ......... Maria
Nehemiah Persoff ..... Pablo
Eli Wallach .......... Rafael
Steven Hill .......... Agustin
Sydney Pollack ....... Andres
Vladimir Sokoloff .... Anselmo
Herbert Berghof ...... Gen. Golz
Joseph Bernard ....... Primitivo
Milton Selzer ........ Fernando
Nicholas Colasanto ... Eladio
Marc Lawrence ........ El Sordo
Synopsis:
An American fighting on the Loyalist side in the Spanish Civil War is sent
behind
Fascist lines to blow up a strategic bridge. He makes contact with a guerrilla band
led by an opportunistic braggart and his fiercely patriotic wife and falls in love with
a young woman who was gang-raped by enemy
soldiers. [FMN]
3.24 [103] Playhouse 90: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (part 2)
19Mar1959 CBS Thur
<same as above>
Synopsis:
A band of enemy soldiers approaches as Jordan and the
guerrillas plan the destruction of the bridge [FN]
3.25 [104] Playhouse 90: A TRIP TO PARADISE
Prod #58-27
26Mar1959 CBS Thur
Produced by Herbert Brodkin
Written by Adrian Spies
Directed by Buzz Kulik
cast
Susan Oliver ......... Ellie
Burt Brinckerhoff .... Ray
Martha Scott ......... Mrs. Austin
Buddy Ebsen .......... Froelich
Martin Balsam (unconfirmed source)
Synopsis 1:
Teenager Raymond Austin, lonely and troubled since the death
of his father, meets a pretty teenage girl named Ellie. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A teenage boy, lonely and troubled since his father's death, meets a pretty
teenage girl who introduces him to the group of rough and ill-mannered
youths she hangs out with. [FMN]
3.26 [105] Playhouse 90: IN LONELY EXPECTATION
02Apr1959 CBS Thur
Written by Mayo Simon
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Diane Baker .......... Sheila Cass
Virginia Kaye ........ Mrs. Runnells
Philip Abbott ........ Mr. Cass
Susan Harrison ....... P.J.
Buzz Martin .......... Billy
Synopsis:
A woman who has turned a large city house into a home for unwed mothers
tries to help a schoolteacher's pregnant teenage daughter decide whether
to keep her child or consent to its adoption. [FMN]
3.27 [106] Playhouse 90: THE DAY BEFORE ATLANTA
09Apr1959 CBS Thur
Written by John Gay
Directed by Ralph Nelson
cast
Jack Warden .......... Jubal
Timmy Everett ........ Doug
Suzi Carnell ......... Carrie
Dabbs Greer .......... Clayton
Clu Gulager .......... Zach
Musa Williams ........ Esther
Gavin Gordon ......... Slade
Clinton Sundberg ..... Matt
Synopsis 1:
In Atlanta in 1864, a Union scouting party comes upon a plantation guarded only
by a
man and his teenage son. Both are shot and killed by the Union troops. Within
the mansion
the soldiers find a young girl hiding. One of the Northerners, sickened by the
war, feels
great compassion for this girl who is supposed to be his enemy. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
During the Civil War a Union scouting party kills a man and his teenage son
as they attempt to defend their Georgia plantation. When they find a young woman
hiding in the mansion, one war-weary soldier begins to feel great compassion
for this girl who is supposed to be his enemy. [FMN]
3.28 [107] Playhouse 90: THE JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (live)
Prod # 58-30
16Apr1959 CBS Thur
Produced by Herbert Brodkin
Written by Abby Mann
Directed by George Roy Hill
cast
Claude Rains ........ Judge Ben Haywood
Maximilian Schell ... Hans Rolfe
Paul Lukas .......... Janning
Melvyn Douglas ...... General Parker
Alfred Szabo ........ Petersen
Martin Milner
Marketa Kimbrell
Synopsis 1:
During the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany, after World War II,
Judge Ben Heywood is selected to preside at the trial of four men.
To Heywood the integrity of the judiciary is above reproach. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
An American judge, sent to Nuremberg after World War II to preside at the trial
of
four prominent Nazis accused of heinous crimes, becomes troubled when he
learns that the defendants were judges under the
Hitler regime. [FMN]
Background:
*This episode is known as one of the most censored moments on TV.
Being sponsored by The American Gas Co. they wanted all references to
gas chambers removed from this drama about accountability for the Holocaust.
Claude Rains conspired with fellow cast members to defy the idiotic censorship
and say 'gas chamber' as originally written in the script.
(which was deleted by a flip of a switch.) [RF]
3.29 [108] Playhouse 90: A CORNER OF THE GARDEN
prod. #58-31
23Apr1959 CBS Thur
Produced by Peter Kortner
Written by Tad Mosel
Directed by Robert Stevens
cast
Eileen Heckhart ..... Dorothy
Gary Merrill ........ Louis
Susan Gordon ........ Lorraine
Tommy Kirk .......... Jack
Heather Sears ....... Barbara
Synopsis:
A teenage girl moves to a small town after her mother's death and, while
living in the home of her mother's domineering best friend, becomes
attracted to her middle-aged husband. [FMN]
3.30 [109] Playhouse 90: DARK DECEMBER
prod. #58-32
30Apr1959 CBS Thur
Written by Merle Miller
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Barry Sullivan ....... Capt. Hobart Schuyler
James Whitmore ....... Major Abe Kasner
Richard Beymer ....... LeRoy Cadman
Paul Burke ........... Farley Mathews
Lili Darvas .......... Belgian Woman
Synopsis:
During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 a military doctor with
a handful of untrained men takes over an ancient Franciscan
monastery and tries to turn it into a hospital. [FMN]
3.31 [110] Playhouse 90: DIARY OF A NURSE
prod. #58-33
07May1959 CBS Thur
Produced by Herbert Brodkin
Written by Arthur Hailey
Directed by David Greene
cast
Inger Stevens ........ Gail Lucas
Victor Jory .......... George Bavister
Mary Astor ........... Eileen Bavister
Mildred Dunnock ...... Elsie Chiapetta
Adam Kennedy
Polly Rowles
Suzanne Pleshette
Elizabeth Patterson
Carolyn Kearney
Synopsis:
A student nurse at a large hospital tries to help a terrified lawyer scheduled
to undergo cancer surgery who refuses to
cooperate with his doctors. [FMN]
3.32 [111] Playhouse 90: A MARRIAGE OF STRANGERS
prod. #58-34
14May1959 CBS Thur
Produced by Herbert Brodkin
Written by Reginald Rose
Directed by Alex Segal (FM)
(Boris Sagal according to UCLA)
cast
Red Buttons ......... Jerry
Diana Lynn .......... Louise Benedict Shoemaker
Joan Blondell ....... Mrs. Patrick
Larrain Gillespie ... Sharon Patrick
Gina Gillespie ...... Cathy Patrick
Synopsis:
A shy and lonely man and woman who got married soon after meeting through
a friendship club visit the empty apartment they have rented and begin to
feel apprehensive about their future together. [FMN]
3.33 [112] Playhouse 90: OUT OF DUST
21May1959
Teleplay by John Gay
Based on Lynn Riggs' unproduced stage play OUT OF DUST.
cast
Charles Bickford ..... Old Man Grant
Gloria Talbott ....... Rose
Fritz Weaver ......... King
Uta Hagen
Dick York
Wayne Morris
Synopsis:
A tyrannical cattle baron and his three sons, who have grown
up jealous of each other and resentful toward their father,
wind up at each other's throats during a cattle drive.
[FMN]
3.34 [113] Playhouse 90: THE RANK AND THE FILE
prod. #58-36
28May1959 CBS Thur
Produced by Herbert Brodkin
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
Hosted by Paul Coates
cast
Van Heflin .......... Bill Kilcoyne
Luther Adler ........ Irving Werner
Harry Townes ........ Gabe Brewster
Charles Bronson ..... Andy Kovaric
Cameron Prud'homme .. Joseph Farrell
Carl Benton Reid .... Senator Henders
Bruce Gordon ........ Tony Russo
Whitney Blake ....... Martha Brewster
Addison Richards .... Harker
Wright King ......... Riley
Tom Palmer .......... Eaton
Danny Richards, Jr... Charlie Hacker
Joe Sullivan ........ Union man
Clegg Hoyt .......... Guard
Bruce Hall .......... Dickson
Henry Barnard ....... The Secretary
Alfred Hopson ....... Striker
Jay Overholts ....... Striker
Robert Cass ......... Striker
Synopsis:
Testifying before a Senate committee, William Kilcoyne tells the story of
his career. He began as a factory worker and his shrewdness and ambition
carried him up through the ranks to his present position as head of a large
union. [RF]
3.35 [114] Playhouse 90: THE KILLERS OF MUSSOLINI
04Jun1959 CBS Thur
Written by A.E. Hotchner
Directed by Buzz Kulik
cast
Nehemiah Persoff .... Benito Mussolini
Harry Guardino ...... Neri
Michael Ansara ...... Longo
Ilka Windish ........ Claretta
John Dehner ......... Col. Tedesco
Eduardo Ciannelli ... Graziani
Lawrence Dobkin ..... Pavolini
Frank Puglia ........ Cardinal
Erika Remberg ....... Gianna
Synopsis:
In April 1945, as American forces close in on Milan, Italian dictator
Benito Mussolini tries to decide whether to
surrender or flee. [FMN]
3.36 [115] Playhouse 90: PROJECT: IMMORTALITY
11Jun1959 CBS Thur
Script by Loring Mandel
Directed by UNKNOWN
cast
Lee J. Cobb .......... Dr. Lawrence Doner
Gusti Huber .......... Mrs. Doner
Patricia McCormack ... Ketti Doner
Kenneth Haigh ........ Martin Schramm
Michael Landon ....... Arthur Doner
Synopsis 1:
Dr. Lawrence Doner has been diagnosed as having a fatal form of leukemia.
The Space agency people are concerned, and they dispatch Martin Schramm
to Dr. Doner to convince him to submit to the process of answering questions
designed to probe his thought processes for the remainder of his life.
The object of this knowledge is to build a mechanical brain
that thinks like Dr. Lawrence Doner. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Several military men and civilians with exceptional IQ's are selected by
scientists
hoping to create an electronic device that will duplicate human thought---a machine
patterned after the brain of a brilliant
scientist who hasn't long to live. [FMN]
3.37 [116] Playhouse 90: DARK AS THE NIGH
18Jun1959 CBS Thur
Teleplay by Marc Brandell
Based on James Hadley Chase's novel
cast
Laraine Day .......... Lauren Hughes
Michael Wilding ...... Chris Hughes
Dennis Price ......... Percy
Sheila Allen ......... Iris
Michael Hordern ...... Griffith
Bill Owen ............ Peters
Hermione Baddeley .... Rose
Sydney Tafler ........ Club Manager
Marianne Stone ....... Ellen
Ronald Allen ......... Tommy
Synopsis:
An English lawyer running for Parliament learns that his American wife is about
to leave him and that a London gossip columnist is
threatening him with blackmail. [FMN]
3.38 [117] Playhouse 90: THE SECOND HAPPIEST DAY
25Jun1959 CBS Thur
Teleplay by Steven Gethers
Based on John Phillips' novel THE SECOND HAPPIEST DAY (Harper, 1953)
Directed by Ralph Nelson
cast
Tony Randall ......... Gus Taylor
Margaret O'Brien ..... Lila Norris
Judith Anderson ...... Ava Norris
Fay Wray ............. Tula Marsh
Jack Mullaney ........ Cuppy Vale
John Lupton .......... George Marsh III
Synopsis:
On the eve of his marriage to a lovely young socialite, the editor of a fashion
magazine recalls his law-school days and the meeting
that changed his life. [FMN]
[--] 24Sep59 rerun of "Child of our Time" (from 05Feb59)
############## Playhouse 90 ################
############# season 4 1959-60 ###############
##############################################
CBS Thursdays 9:30-11:00 pm, fortnightly
Alternated with "The Big Party" then "The Revlon Revue"
4.01 [118] Playhouse 90: TARGET FOR THREE
prod. #59-1
01Oct1959 CBS Thur
Written by David Davidson
Directed by Unknown
cast
Ricardo Montalban .... Vincente
George C. Scott ...... Juan
Marisa Pavan ......... Consuelo
Liliane Montevecchi .. Estrella
Pedro Armendariz ..... Montez
Dale Evans
Synopsis:
Three young revolutionaries in a South American country are
assigned to assassinate its president. [FMN]
4.02 [119] Playhouse 90: THE SOUND OF EDEN (live)
prod. #59-2
15Oct1959 CBS Thur
Written by George Bellak
Directed by UNKNOWN
cast
James Whitmore ....... Mr. Anderson
Kim Hunter ......... Mrs. Anderson
Everett Sloane ........ Lawson
Henry Jones .......... Jess Brown
Martin Landau ........ MacCormick
Dick Foran ........ Brady
Synopsis:
The kidnapping of a rich man as seen from the viewpoint of the victim,
his family, the FBI and the kidnappers. [RF]
*Note based on an actual event.
4.03 [120] Playhouse 90: MISALLIANCE
prod. #59-3
29Oct1959 CBS Thur
Produced by John Houseman
Teleplay by Meade Roberts
Based on George Bernard Shaw's stage play MISALLIANCE (1910)
Directed Robert Stevens
cast
Claire Bloom......... Hypatia
Robert Morley ........ John Tarleton
Siobhan McKenna ...... Lina
Kenneth Haigh ........ Gunner
Rod Taylor ........... Joey
John Williams ........ Lord Summerly
Isobel Elsom ......... Mrs. Tarleton
Robert Casper ........ Bentley
Pactric Macnee ....... Johnny
Synopsis:
Into the lives of an English country squire and his family fall a handsome
airplane pilot, an extraordinary passenger and a militant socialist. [FMN]
4.04 [121] Playhouse 90: THE HIDDEN IMAGE
12Nov1959 CBS Thur
Script by David Karp
Directed by UNKNOWN
cast
Franchot Tone ........ Avery Yarbrough
Martin Gabel ......... George Barrow
Nancy Marchand ....... Mrs. Yarbrough
George Grizzard ...... Leo Portnoy
Frank Maxwell ........ Tommy Atwell
Synopsis:
A gubernatorial election campaign is disrupted when a newspaper reporter
hints at the dark side behind the friendship between a political boss
and an influential businessman. [FMN]
4.05 [122] Playhouse 90: THE GREY NURSE SAID NOTHING
prod. #59-5
26Nov1959 CBS Thur (rebroadcast 08Aug61)
Produced by Fred Coe
Written by Sumner Lock Elliott
Directed by Ron Winston
cast
Ann Todd ............. Laura Mills
Hugh Griffith ........ Rev. Light
Angela Lansbury ...... Hazel Wills
Michael David ........ Herbert Wills
Don Dubbins .......... Bluey
Patricia Cutts ....... Mavis Greenop
Paul Comi ............ Patrick Aherne
Tony Haig ............ Boy
Synopsis:
An Australian landowner is accused of murdering his boatman,
despite the absence of a dead body. [FMN]
4.06 [123] Playhouse 90: THE TUNNEL (pre-recorded)
prod. #59-6
10Dec1959 CBS Thur
Produced by Fred Coe
Associate Producers: Robert Goldman, Russell Stoneham,
Written by David Shaw
Directed by Delbert Mann
Hosted by Eddie Albert
cast
Richard Boone ........ Colonel Pleasants
Rip Torn ............. Lieutenant Douty
Onslow Stevens ....... General Burnside
Jack Weston .......... Wocziki
Ken Lynch ............ Sgt. Reese
Robert Carson ........ General Meade
Sandy Kenyon ......... Martinson
Bartlett Robinson .... Captain Handley
Sam Edwards .......... Confederate corporal
Frank Killmond ....... Gorcey
Jason Wingreen ....... Blair
Oliver McGowan ....... General Ledlie
Tom McKee ............ General Potter
Stephen Chase ........ General Wilcox
James Gavin .......... General Ferrero
Jean Paul King ....... Wade
Jay Overholts ........ Litter Bearers
Fletcher Allen ....... Orderly
Ed Faulkner .......... Soldier
Stan Young ........... Soldier
Hal Needham .......... Soldier
Synopsis 1:
During the Civil War, Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants hits upon a scheme which
could bring the war to a quick and victorious conclusion for the Union Army.
Pleasants' plan is to dig a tunnel under the Confederate forces and fill the
hole with dynamite. One blast would cripple the southern troops. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A Union officer devises a plan to end the Civil War quickly by digging
a tunnel under the Confederate forces and
filling it with dynamite. [FMN]
4.07 [124] Playhouse 90: THE SILVER WHISTLE
24Dec1959 CBS Thur
Adapted by Robert McEnroe
Based on his stage play THE SILVER WHISTLE
(1948)
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Eddie Albert ......... Oliver Erwenter
Henry Jones .......... Emmett
Bethel Leslie ........ Miss Tripp
Harry Townes ......... Rev. Watson
Arthur Hughes ........ Mr. Beebe
Doro Merande ......... Miss Hammer
Margaret Hamilton .... Miss Hoadley
Enid Markey .......... Mrs. Samples
Zamah Cunningham ..... Mrs. Gross
Joseph Sweeney ....... Mr. Cherry
Synopsis 1:
A man claiming to be 77 but still full of vitality comes to a Florida old folks
home at Christmastime, promising to make all the residents feel years
younger and beginning by blowing a silver whistle. [FMN]
Synopsis 2:
It's Christmas time, but life at the old folk's home in Florida couldn't be
drearier.
Then Oliver T. Erwenter comes to the home. He claims he's 77 but looks half that
age and is full of vitality. He promises to make all of the inmates feel years younger. [RF]
4.08 [125] Playhouse 90: JOHN BROWN'S RAID
14Jan1960 CBS Thur
directed by Sidney Lumet
cast
James Mason ........ John Brown
Robert Duvall
Ossie Davis
Terry Carter
Synopsis:
John Brown was an anti-slavery crusader. In 1859, a group led by Brown, raided a
federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, (now West Virginia). The purpose was to secure
weapons to arm others to carry on the fight to abolish slavery. The raid failed and perhaps
ironically, it was Robert E. Lee who later would command the confederate army in the
Civil War, who captured Brown. Brown was hanged in Virginia. [RF]
4.09 [126] Playhouse 90: A DREAM OF TREASON
21Jan1960 CBS Thur
Script by David Davidson
Based on Maurice Edelman's novel A DREAM OF TREASON
(Wingate 1954, Lippincott 1955)
Directed by UNKNOWN
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
cast
Richard Basehart ..... Martin Lambert
Leora Dana ........... Eleanor Lambert
John Williams ........ Walter Ferguson
Susan Oliver ......... Valerie Ferguson
Synopsis:
A State Department press secretary, whose position is precarious because
his wife is a heavy drinker, receives secret orders to release a confidential
memorandum which could cause an international crisis.
[FMN]
4.10 [127] Playhouse 90: TO THE SOUND OF TRUMPETS
10Feb1960 CBS Thur
Written by John Gay
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
cast
Stephen Boyd ......... Capt. Leslie Cronyn
Dolores Hart ......... Janet Marshall
Judith Anderson ...... Mme. Duvier
Boris Karloff ........ Guibert
Dan O'Herlihy ........ Roger Smythe
Sam Jaffe ............ Schiller
Robert Coote ......... Sgt. Beggs
Peter Foster ......... Henley
Synopsis:
A British officer who deserted during World War I because he couldn't stand
to see his comrades die meets an American nurse near Paris and, though
attracted to her, is disturbed by her romantic
attitude toward the war. [FMN]
4.11 [128] Playhouse 90: THE CRUEL DAY (Live)
24Feb1960 CBS Thur
Written by Reginald Rose
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
cast
Van Heflin ........... Captain
Cliff Robertson ...... Lieutenant
Phyllis Thaxter ...... Nicole
Raymond Massey ....... Father Ricquoi
Charles Bronson ...... Sarge
Peter Lorre .......... Café Owner
Nehemiah Persoff ..... Prisoner's Father
Thano Rama ........... Algerian Boy
Miko Oscard .......... Michel
Adeline De Walt Reynolds ... Old Woman
Synopsis 1:
Violence and brutality greet a French Army captain when he arrives in Algeria
to assume command of a remote outpost. He is appalled by the savage massacre
of an Algerian family by the Rebels. When the French take a prisoner who knows
the
names of Rebel leaders, the captain is told that torture is the only way to make
him talk.
Then the captain meets the prisoner - a handsome, intelligent teenage boy. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A French officer in the Algerian civil war faces a dilemma of conscience when
it seems he must order the torture of a handsome, intelligent teenage boy in
order to obtain information about the rebels who
slaughtered an Algerian family. [FMN]
4.12 [129] Playhouse 90: TOMORROW
07Mar1960 CBS Monday (verified) (rerun 18Jul61)
Produced by Herbert Brodkin
Written by Horton Foote
Based on William Faulkner's short story "Tomorrow"
(Saturday Evening Post, 23 November 1940;
collected in KNIGHT'S GAMBIT, Random House 1949)
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
cast
Richard Boone ....... Jackson Fentry
Kim Stanley ......... Sarah Eubanks
Charles Aidman ...... Thornton Douglas
Chill Wills ......... Mr. Pruitt
Beulah Bondi ........ Mrs. Hulie
Elizabeth Patterson ....... Mrs. Pruitt
Andrew Prine ........ Isham
Peter Oliphant ...... Jackson and Longstreet Fentry
Synopsis 1:
The quiet, somber story follows a solitary backcountry farmer who
encounters a pregnant young girl, cares for her, and then loses her soon
after her child is delivered and their marriage. After years of caring for
the boy, he again faces a wrenching loss when the woman's kin come for the
child. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
When one juror in a rural Mississippi county votes to convict a man who
committed
murder to protect his daughter and a mistrial is declared, the defendant's lawyer
decides to learn more about the stubborn holdout. [FMN]
Note * This was made into a feature film in 1972 also called "Tomorrow"
starring Robert Duvall.
4.13 [130] Playhouse 90: THE HIDING PLACE
22Mar1960 CBS Thur
Teleplay by Adrian Spies
Based on Robert Shaw's novel THE HIDING PLACE
(??? 1959, World 1960)
Directed by Sidney Lumet
cast
Richard Basehart .... Martin Lambert
James Mason ......... Hans Frick
Kim Hunter .......... Maria
Helmut Dantine ...... Colonel
Trevor Howard ........ Robert Wilson
Robert Emhardt ....... Neusel
Basil Langton ........ Sanders
Dick Cavett
Synopsis:
Seven years after the end of World War II, two British fliers are kept prisoners
in a German sub-cellar by a Nazi who keeps them informed of the latest German
victories in what he claims is the still ongoing war.
[FMN]
4.14 [131] Playhouse 90: ALAS, BABYLON
03Apr1960 CBS Thur
Teleplay by David Shaw
Based on Pat Frank's novel ALAS, BABYLON (Lippincott,
1959)
Directed by Robert Stevens
cast
Kim Hunter ........... Helen Bragg
Don Murray ........... Randy Bragg
Dana Andrews ......... Mark Bragg
Barbara Rush ......... Liz
Everett Sloane ....... Dr. Gunn
Rita Moreno .......... Rita
Judith Evelyn ........ Lavinia
Don Gordon ........... Pete
Robert Crawford Jr.... Richard
Gina Gillespie ....... Laura
Burt Reynolds ........ Ace
Synopsis 1:
A grim vision of nuclear Armageddon replete with mobs ravaging
supermarkets for what little food remained. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A man living in the quiet Florida town of Fort Repose is warned by his
brother that nuclear war is hours away. [FMN]
4.15 [132] Playhouse 90: JOURNEY TO THE DAY
22Apr1960 CBS Thur
Produced by Fred Coe
Written by Roger O. Hirson
Directed by John Frankenheimer
cast
Mary Astor ........... Helen May Whitfield
Mike Nichols ......... Arthur Millman
Steven Hill .......... Dr. Edward Gutera
James Gregory ........ Endicott
Janice Rule .......... Karen Andrews
James Dunn............ Melvin Cooper
Peter Votrian ........ Billy King
Vivian Nathan ........ Martha Kowalski
David J. Stewart, Helen Klee
Synopsis 1:
In a state mental hospital, six patients are brought
together for group psychotherapy. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Six patients in a state mental hospital are brought together with
a psychiatrist for group therapy. [FMN]
4.16 [133] Playhouse 90: THE SHAPE OF THE RIVER
02May1960 CBS Thur
Written by Horton Foote
Directed by Boris Sagal
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
cast
Franchot Tone ........ Samuel Clemens
Leif Erickson ........ William Dean Howells
Katharine Bard ....... Livy Clemens
Shirley Knight ....... Susy Clemens
Jane McArthur ........ Jane Clemens
Nancy Rennick ........ Clara Clemens
Katherine Squire ..... Katie
Larry Gates .......... Henry Rogers
Philip Coolidge ...... Albert Bigelow Paine
James Bell ........... John Briggs
Synopsis 1:
The story of Mark Twain and how he wrote about Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.
[RF]
Synopsis 2:
In 1893 Mark Twain, bankrupt but America's most admired author,
wearily embarks with his wife and one of his three daughters on a
round-the-world lecture tour to pay off his debts. [FMN]
*Note: John Frankenheimer was originally scheduled to direct but was working on another project.
** This episode is sought by Museum of Television.
4.17 [134] Playhouse 90: IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES (final episode
of the show)
18May1960 CBS Thur
Produced by Peter Kortner
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Fielder Cook
cast
Charles Laughton ..... Rabi Adam Heller
Arthur Kennedy ....... Paul Heller
Susan Kohner ......... Rachel Heller
Oscar Homolka ........ Josef Chinik
George Macready ...... Captain Richter
Sam Jaffe ............ Emmanuel
Robert Redford ....... Sergeant Lott
Otto Waldis .......... Kohn
Bernard Kates ........ Israel
Norbert Schiller ..... Doctor
Summary:
The drama related the fate of Rabbi Heller, the spiritual leader of a tenement
in the ghetto, and his children, a son who escapes from a labor camp and
a daughter who is ravished by a Nazi captain. It is in the conflict between
the elderly man's reliance on his faith and his son's eagerness for active
resistance that the play attains its absorbing stature, a discussion of
values under the most difficult circumstances conceivable. [RF]
Synopsis 1:
Within a hundred city blocks surrounded by an eight-foot wall, half-a-million
human beings are confined. Each morning the trucks come and people are carted
away to be tortured and killed. Those who manage to avoid or survive this ordeal
wage a day-to-day struggle against the poverty
of spirit that comes with total subjugation.
This is the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World Ward.
In the midst of this all-too-real nightmare, Rabbi Adam Heller, the gentle leader
of an Orthodox Jewish congregation, strives to hold his flock together and
communicate to them his own idealism, strength, courage and faith. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In the midst of World War II's Warsaw ghetto, a gentle Orthodox rabbi
strives to hold his flock together and communicate to them his own idealism,
strength, courage and faith. [FMN]
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Possibly unproduced episodes
[--] Playhouse 90: BETTER OFF DEAD
Airdate NOT KNOWN
written by David Swift
[--] Playhouse 90: EMERGENCY OPERATION
Airdate NOT KNOWN
written by David Swift
[--] Playhouse 90: THE IRA HAYES STORY
Airdate NOT KNOWN
written by Merle Miller
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