TV Reader's Digest (1955)
TV Reader's Digest (1955)
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Plot.
TV Reader's Digest is the title of a 30 minute American television anthology drama series which aired on the ABC from 1955 to 1956.
Based on articles that appeared in Reader's Digest magazine, the episodes based on true stories which were varied in their themes, plots and content. Themes included crime, heroism, mystery, romance, and human interest. Episode writers included Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Cleveland Amory and Frank Gruber.
Some of the actors who were cast in the episodes included: Claude Akins, Leon Askin, Jean Byron, Chuck Connors, Peter Graves, Tod Griffin, Francis McDonald, Max Showalter, John Howard, Lee Marvin, Gene Raymond, Jerry Paris, and Michael Winkelman.
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Cast & Crew.
Hugh Reilly
Self - Host / Host-Narrator
Hugh Reilly
Self - Host / Host-Narrator
Robert Eaton
Property Master
Gene Raymond
Self - Host / Albert Whitman
Harry Horner
Director
Richard Reeves
Jess / Muller / Quartermaster
Helen Mowery
Clarissa / Mary Drew / Mrs. Chapman
Tom Gries
Director
John Brahm
Director
Paul Cavanagh
Commander Travis / Detective Superintendent Hubert Moore / Lawrence Holt
William Beaudine
Director
Anthony Eustrel
British Director / George Somers / Henry Claibourne
Louis Jean Heydt
Constable Trimble / George Young / Newspaper Reporter Smith
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Writer
George Bruce
Writer
Dabbs Greer
Captain Larsen / Dr. Petrie / Dr. Rayborn
Details.
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Wiki.
TV Reader's Digest is the title of a 30-minute American television anthology drama series, which aired on ABC from January 17, 1955, to July 9, 1956. Its theme music was "Polonaise" from Act III of Eugene Onegin.