Playhouse 90 (1956)
Playhouse 90 (1956)

Plot.
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.
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Cast & Crew.

Frank Stanton
Creator

Hubbell Robinson
Creator

Paul Lambert
Al Capone

Helen Kleeb
Birdy

Malcolm Atterbury
Col. Schwimmer

Franchot Tone
Allen Grant

Tom Palmer
Carruthers

Peter Lorre
Café Owner

John Frankenheimer
Director

Sidney Lumet
Director

Robert Stevens
Director

David Lowell Rich
Director

David Swift
Director / Screenplay

Franklin J. Schaffner
Director

George Roy Hill
Director

Ralph Nelson
Director

Martin Manulis
Producer

Julian Claman
Associate Producer

Pat Frank
Novel / Writer

Rod Serling
Writer / Screenplay

Leonard Spigelgass
Writer

David Shaw
Teleplay

Martin Goldsmith
Writer

E.A. Ellington
Story

Ernest Lehman
Novel

Charles Einstein
Writer

Abby Mann
Writer

Peter Kortner
Story Editor

Charlton Heston
Col. Jesse Price

Tab Hunter
Stanley Smith

Diana Lynn
Catherine Hume

Vincent Price
Clark Simmons

Victor Jory
Rear Admiral Batt

Jack Palance
Self - Host / Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock

Ed Wynn
Army

Max Baer
Mike

Maxie Rosenbloom
Steve

Edgar Stehli
Doctor

Stanley Adams
Pirelli

Harry Landers
Fox

Charles Herbert
Jeffrey

Charles Bickford
Gen. Keaton

Ned Glass
Bartender

Ivan Rasputin
Wrestler

Frank Richards
Fighter in Bar

Karl 'Killer' Davis
Wrestler

Eddie Cantor
Self - Host

Charles Perry
Cornerman (uncredited)

Mickey Rooney
Sammy Hogarth

Kim Hunter
Grace Carney / Julie Hogarth / Helen Bragg

Edmond O'Brien
Al Preston

Mel Tormé
Lester Hogarth

Constance Ford
Connie

Whit Bissell
Elwell

King Donovan
The Director

Eddie Ryder
Jake

H.M. Wynant
Sonny

Michael Ross
Masseur

Robert Crawford Jr.
Richard

Rita Moreno
Rita

Don Murray
Randy Bragg

Dana Andrews
Mark Bragg / Leo Bass

Burt Reynolds
Ace

Cliff Robertson
Danny Carson

Barbara Rush
Liz

Everett Sloane
Dr. Gunn

Anne Baxter
Pat Bass

Leslie Nielsen
Ralph Mohr

John Williams
Self (Pianist)

Herbert Berghof
Gen. Golz

Joseph Bernard
Primitivo

Nicholas Colasanto
Eladio

Steven Hill
Agustin

Marc Lawrence
El Sordo

Nehemiah Persoff
Pablo

Keenan Wynn
Maish Rennick / Marshall Keats

Sydney Pollack
Andres

Jason Robards
Robert Jordan

Maria Schell
Maria

Milton Selzer
Fernando

Vladimir Sokoloff
Anselmo

Maureen Stapleton
Pilar

Eli Wallach
Rafael

Macdonald Carey
Alexander Lamar

Felicia Farr
Valerie Lamar

Thomas Mitchell
Mr. Carson

Ted de Corsia
Jenkins

Dan Blocker
George

Chubby Johnson
Trey

Keith Vincent
Ledbetter

Lorna Thayer
Belle

Harry Lauter
Breed

Charles Fredericks
Rench

Bill Walker
Rudy

Herb Vigran
Manager

Ethel Barrymore
Herself

Hans Conried
Rene the French Waiter

Evelyn Rudie
Eloise

Louis Jourdan
Himself

Kay Thompson
Herself / Book

Claude Rains
Judge Dan Haywood

Paul Lukas
Ernst Janning

Maximilian Schell
Otto Rolfe

Martin Milner
Captain Byers

Melvyn Douglas
Gen. Parker

Ludwig Donath
Dr. Wickert

Peter Capell
Geuter

Werner Klemperer
Emil Hahn

Albert Szabo
Rudolph Petersen

Marketa Kimbrell
Maria Wallner

Torben Meyer
Werner Lammpe

Gregory Gaye
Frederich Hoffstetter

Wendell Holmes
Judge Ives

Alex Gerry
Judge Norris

Oliver McGowan
Senator

Tyler McVey
General

Celia Lovsky
Elsa Lindnow

Mary Adams
Mrs. Haywood

William Lundigan
Ben Gammon

Betsy Palmer
Emmy Verdon

Charles Bronson
Wolf Hagan

Jane Greer
Karen

Cliff Edwards
Webber's Manager

Harry Eisenstein
Mr. Laurie

Jay C. Flippen
Happy Gallant

Reginald Gardiner
Felix Allardyce

James Gleason
Dolph Grimes

Jack Haley
Stanley Leeds
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Wiki.
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. The show was produced at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s usually were hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual: a weekly series of hour-and-a-half-long dramas rather than 60-minute plays.
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