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Playhouse 90

  • TV Series
  • 1956–1961
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
394
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"Eighty Yard Run, The" (Playhouse 90) Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. 1957 CBS
ComedyCrimeDrama

Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live incl... Read allOf the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.

  • Stars
    • Richard Joy
    • Paul Lambert
    • Helen Kleeb
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.4/10
    394
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Richard Joy
      • Paul Lambert
      • Helen Kleeb
    • 9User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Won 13 Primetime Emmys
      • 19 wins & 36 nominations total

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    Richard Joy
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    Paul Lambert
    Paul Lambert
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    Helen Kleeb
    • Birdy…
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    Charles Bickford
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    Kim Hunter
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    Malcolm Atterbury
    Malcolm Atterbury
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    Franchot Tone
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    Tom Palmer
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    Nehemiah Persoff
    • Pablo…
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre
    • Café Owner…
    Eddie Ryder
    • Joe…
    Arthur Batanides
    Arthur Batanides
    • Archer…
    H.M. Wynant
    H.M. Wynant
    • Marquez…
    Barry Sullivan
    Barry Sullivan
    • Self - Host…
    James Mason
    James Mason
    • Hans Frick…
    Mimi Gibson
    Mimi Gibson
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    • Trivia
      This show began in 1956 broadcasting all live ninety-minute plays, with only a sub-par kinescope film (film camera aimed at the live broadcast on the television monitor) as an archive. The second year, they began to film maybe every second or third episode (as a "made-for-television-movie"), then, in the last two years began videotaping many of the episodes. The tape technique was harder to spot because the broadcasts still appeared live, but there are at least partial tapes (of excellent, pristine quality) in the CBS vaults of episodes "Days of Wine and Roses", "The Old Man", "Judgment At Nuremberg", "Alas, Babylon", and "In The Prescence of Mine Enemies". Clips of these tapes were featured in the 2002 CBS special "50 Years of Television City in Hollywood".
    • Connections
      Featured in TV Guide: The First 25 Years (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Song for a Summer Night
      by Robert Allen

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    very versatile show
    I have gotten to see a few more of these shows and they are very versatile. I have seen some less known ones than Requiem for a Heavyweight, Days of Wine and Roses, and Miracle Worker. One of these is the very first in this series, Forbidden Area, a cold war drama starring Charlton Heston, in a tv role when he was a huge movie star. It also features Tab Hunter, Vincent Price, Victor Jory, and acting wonderfully as always, CHarles Bickford and Diana Lynn. It is an interesting look at the Joint Chiefs of staff in the government, while also being an interesting cold war spy story. Highly recommended!! Also there is the tv version, 20 years before the movie, of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon, with Jack Palance in another great Playhouse 90 role. Also in small roles, Peter Lorre at the end of his career and the beautiful Lee Remick at the beginning of hers. Also I got to see (at the Museum of tv and radio in NY)a live video tape version of The Great Gatsby, with Robert Ryan, a little old for the role but very good,also Rod Taylor in a good performance, and Jeanne Crain cast completely against type as Daisy, an interesting performance of hers. To top it off, there is the delightful Claudette Colbert and Paul Henreid comedy, One Coat of White, which is a spoof of aging in America, in laws, America in the 1950's, and modern art. Colbert is sooo good, it makes one regret that, then as always, films cut actresses careers too short as they get over 50. Fortunately, Colbert was in a lot of great tv productions in the 1950's (The Guardian, The Royal Family, Blithe Spirit, and Bells of St. Marys) and several of these still exist. It is really amazing how many of the great stars continued their work in great tv roles, which are less known today, but if you get to see them are highly impressive.
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    • Release date
      • October 4, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Boulevard, Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • CBS
      • Filmaster Productions
      • Screen Gems Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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