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Rod Serling (writer)
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Original Air Date:
11 October 1956
(Season 1, Episode 2)
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One of Rod Serling's best scripts
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Cast
(Episode Cast) (in credits order) | Richard Joy | ... | Himself - Announcer (as Dick Joy) |
 | Jack Palance | ... | Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock |
 | Keenan Wynn | ... | Maish Rennick |
 | Kim Hunter | ... | Grace Carney |
 | Ed Wynn | ... | Army |
 | Max Baer | ... | Mike |
| Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom | ... | Steve |
| Edgar Stehli | ... | Doctor |
 | Stanley Adams | ... | Pirelli |
| Harry Landers | ... | Fox |
| Charles Herbert | ... | Jeffrey |
 | Ned Glass | ... | Bartender |
| Frank Richards | ... | Fighter in Bar |
| Lyn Osborn | ... | Photographer |
| Joe Abdullah | ... | Fight Announcer |
| Ivan Rasputin | ... | Wrestler |
| Ted Christy | ... | Wrestler |
| Karl 'Killer' Davis | ... | Wrestler |
| Young Jack Johnson | ... | Champ |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Eddie Cantor | ... | Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show |
| George Margo | ... | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Episode Crew |
Directed by | |||
| Ralph Nelson | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Rod Serling | (writer) | |
Produced by | |||
| Julian Claman | .... | associate producer | |
| David J. Eagle | .... | producer | |
| Martin Manulis | .... | producer | |
| Alvin Rakoff | .... | producer | |
Music Department | |||
| Sammy Cahn | .... | composer: theme | |
| Alex North | .... | composer: theme | |
Other crew | |||
| Peter Kortner | .... | story editor | |
| Series Crew These people are regular crew members. Were they in this episode? |
Directed by | |||
| Tony Barr | (as Anthony Barr) | ||
| Karl Genus | |||
| John Frankenheimer | (episode "If You Know Elizabeth") (episode "Thundering Flame, The") (episode "Town That Turned to Dust, The") | ||
| Ralph Nelson | (episode "Requiem for a Heavyweight" 1956) | ||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Robert Alan Aurthur | (episode "A Sound of Different Drumers") (episode "Thundering Flame, The") | |
| Gwen Bagni | ||
| Mel Barr | written by (episode "Blackwell Story The") | |
| George Bellak | (episode "Sound of Eden, The") | |
| Fred Clasel | story (episode "Thundering Flame, The") | |
| Lloyd C. Douglas | story (episode "Blackwell Story The") | |
| Bo Goldman | ||
| Jack Jacobs | (episode "Ain't No Time Glory") | |
| Robert E. McEnroe | (episode "Silver Whistle, The (December 24, 1959)") | |
| Elick Moll | written by (episode "Thundering Flame, The") | |
| Paul Monash | script (episode "Helen Morgan Story The") | |
| Lulu Morgan | story (episode "Helen Morgan Story The") | |
| Tad Mosel | (episode "If You Know Elizabeth") | |
| Don Murray | story (episode "Thundering Flame, The") | |
| Leonard Spigelgass | script (episode "Helen Morgan Story The") | |
| Malvin Wald | (episode "Ain't No Time Glory") | |
Produced by | |||
| Mildred Freed Alberg | .... | producer | |
| Tony Barr | .... | associate producer (as Anthony Barr) | |
| Joe Scully | .... | associate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Robert Allen | |||
| John Williams | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Albert Kurland | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Lindsley Parsons Jr. | .... | second assistant director | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Jim Fox | .... | special effects technician | |
Music Department | |||
| Igo Kantor | .... | music editor | |
- Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1956) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Original air date 11 October 1956. The first original 90-minute drama ever shown live on TV.See more »
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Referenced in "Pioneers of Television: Science Fiction (#2.1)" (2011)See more »
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This was a watershed production for American Television. A live broadcast of an intense and moving script. If you love great film and can find a copy to rent, do so. Jack Palance gives the finest performance of his career and the supporting cast is flawless.
The movie version made several years later, and staring Anthony Quinn is quite good, but it doesn't measure up to the original.