Death of a Salesman (TV 1966)

Director:

Alex Segal

Writer:

Arthur Miller (play)

Stars:

Stanley Adams, Edward Andrews, Lee J. Cobb

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Stanley Adams	...	Stanley
Edward Andrews	...	Charley
Lee J. Cobb	...	Willy Loman
Albert Dekker	...	Ben
Mildred Dunnock	...	Linda Loman
James Farentino	...	Happy Loman
Marc Fiorini	...	Stanley
June Foray	...	Jenny
Bernie Kopell	...	Howard
Joan Patrick	...	Miss Forsythe
Marge Redmond	...	Woman in Hotel
George Segal	...	Biff Loman
Karen Steele	...	Letta
Gene Wilder	...	Bernard

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

failure | businessman | father son relationship | family relationships | husband wife relationship | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 May 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

La muerte de un viajante

Filming Locations:

Studio 41, CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene where Howard is showing Willy his new "wire recorder", you hear Howard's "son" reciting state capitals. The voice of Howard's "son" is actually June Foray using the same voice she used for Rocket "Rocky" J. Squirrel in The Bullwinkle Show

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Connections

Version of Tod eines Handlungsreisenden (1963)

User Reviews

Mr. Cobb absolutely riveting.

Seeing Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman in this David Susskind produced version is as close as possible to seeing the original play on Broadway, and a far sight better than just about any live production one could find nowadays.

Mr. Cobb's performance is so absorbing, so powerful and so disturbing, that we, (the audience) feel genuinely dazed at its conclusion. It's as though, by the time of the final scene, that we too, are attending Willy's funeral, and all stumble away drained and awed.

The supporting cast are each and all superb, with Mildred Dunnock probably topping anything else in which she has appeared. Set design is also inventive in its combination of abstract and realistic interiors and exteriors.

As to the character of Willy, it is to Mr. Cobb's credit, that for all of his past moral compromises and shabby aspirations, the most honest of us, will admit that we recognize something of ourselves in him.

Theater and television at its best! Thank you Mr. Susskind. (Also interesting to note Karen Steele relegated to a bit role while still such a young woman--what a step down from "Marty.")