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John Frankenheimer was the director and Martin Manulis the producer. George Bellak wrote the teleplay. It was originally broadcast on November 21, 1957. [2] [1] It was part of the second season of Playhouse 90, an anthology television series that was voted "the greatest television series of all time" in a 1970 poll of television editors.
Meanwhile, over at Kenny Ho's rival cab firm, the male drivers are up in arms, threatened by the female competition. The plotting against Jackie and Elaine gathers pace when the troublemakers start causing mischief among South Hadley's movers and shakers. Things come to a head when Kenny turns up at Elaine's house with an extraordinary offer.
Playhouse 90 received many Emmy Award nominations, and it later ranked #33 on the TV Guide 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. In 1997, the acclaimed Requiem for a Heavyweight was ranked #30 on the TV Guide 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. [1] In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked Playhouse 90 #65 on their list of the 101 Best Written TV ...
Fred Danzig of the UPI called it a play of "uncanny timeliness", though he concluded that the writer had "cluttered his story with too many gimmicks, inconsistencies and contrived situations."
The CBS Playhouse series was announced in 1966, with CBS announcing a $500,000 outlay for new scripts to film. CBS was specifically looking to "encourage authors to write original and significant dramas for television," and offered $25,000 per optioned script. [1]
The FBI identified Shamsud Din Jabbar of Texas as the suspected truck driver who crashed into a New Year's Eve crowd at high speed in New Orleans.
GM even had its own upbeat TV commercial in 2022 with the soft and fuzzy tagline, “Earn a Living. Make a Life.” Andreya Triana’s “Beautiful People” gave a happy soundtrack while ...
John Houseman was the producer. Robert Stevens directed, and David Davidson wrote the screenplay. [1]The cast consisted of Ricardo Montalbán as Vincente (credited as Ricardo Montalban), George C. Scott as Juan, Pedro Armendariz as Montez the dictator, Marisa Pavan as Consuelo (the dictator's daughter), and Liliane Montevecchi as Estrella.