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"Studio One" A Bolt of Lightning (1951)



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Irve Tunick (writer)
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12 November 1951 (Season 4, Episode 9)
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Great little snapshot of American Revolutionary history! more (3 total)

Cast

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Shirley Ballard ... Elizabeth Otis
Lloyd Bochner ... Prescott
Romney Brent ... Governor Bernard
Harry Cooke ... William Wooley (as Harry M. Cooke)
Marvyn Dorkin ... Doctor
Betty Furness ... Herself - Commercial Spokeswoman
Robert Haines ... Judge

Charlton Heston ... James Otis
George Ives ... Mr. Robinson
Celia Johnson ... Mary Otis (as Elizabeth Johnson)
Roy Johnson ... Mr. Williams
Jon Lormer ... Mr. Huntington
Rita Morley ... Emma Emroy

Frank Overton ... John Emroy
Anne Seymour ... Mercy Warren
Harry Townes ... Sam Adams
Rita Vale ... Ruth Otis
Justice Watson ... Peter (as Rudulph Justice Watson)
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John Cannon ... Himself / Announcer 1950-1959 (voice) (uncredited)
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60 min
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Great little snapshot of American Revolutionary history!, 27 April 2006
Author: scott-dix from United States

This is a great little story about James Otis and his involvement in in the "Writs of Assistance" controversy of the 1760's. In 1760, Otis received an appointment as Advocate General of the Admiralty Court. He faces a dilemma when his office is sworn to defend the Writs, which he had come to regard as odious. The writs would enable British authorities to enter any colonist's home with no advance notice, no probable cause, and no reason. Heston plays a conflicted James Otis who is torn between defending freedom and disrupting his quiet and comfortable family life. The show takes some liberties with the true story, but nevertheless, it captures the core of James Otis' legacy. The original Westinghouse Studio One show has a short exchange at the end where an American Legion executive thanks a Westinghouse executive for their contribution to furthering the American way of life. I wish more such American history were available now on TV. The Studio One series would be quite novel today, as nothing like it is on network TV.

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