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To Tell the Truth

  • TV Series
  • 1956–19681956–1968
  • TV-GTV-G
  • 30m
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7.7/10
484
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To Tell the Truth (1956)
  • Family
  • Game-Show
Classic game show in which a person of some notoriety and two impostors try to match wits with a panel of four celebrities. The object of the game is to try to fool the celebrities into voti... Read allClassic game show in which a person of some notoriety and two impostors try to match wits with a panel of four celebrities. The object of the game is to try to fool the celebrities into voting for the two impostors. Each wrong vote would be worth $250 ($100 in the daytime version... Read allClassic game show in which a person of some notoriety and two impostors try to match wits with a panel of four celebrities. The object of the game is to try to fool the celebrities into voting for the two impostors. Each wrong vote would be worth $250 ($100 in the daytime version).
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
484
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  • Stars
    • Bud Collyer
    • Johnny Olson
    • Phyllis Newman
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  • Stars
    • Bud Collyer
    • Johnny Olson
    • Phyllis Newman
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    • 10User reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 nomination total

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    Bud Collyer
    Bud Collyer
    • Self - Hostas Self - Host…
    1143 episodes1143 eps • 1956–1968
    Johnny Olson
    • Self - Announceras Self - Announcer
    932 episodes932 eps • 1960–1968
    Phyllis Newman
    Phyllis Newman
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist…
    593 episodes593 eps • 1962–1965
    Kitty Carlisle
    Kitty Carlisle
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist…
    412 episodes412 eps • 1957–1968
    Tom Poston
    Tom Poston
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist…
    342 episodes342 eps • 1959–1967
    Barry Nelson
    Barry Nelson
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist…
    321 episodes321 eps • 1962–1967
    Joan Fontaine
    Joan Fontaine
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist
    270 episodes270 eps • 1958–1966
    Orson Bean
    Orson Bean
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist…
    249 episodes249 eps • 1963–1968
    Peggy Cass
    Peggy Cass
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist…
    236 episodes236 eps • 1960–1968
    Polly Bergen
    Polly Bergen
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist
    172 episodes172 eps • 1956–1961
    Bern Bennett
    • Self - Announceras Self - Announcer
    163 episodes163 eps • 1956–1960
    Sam Levenson
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist…
    161 episodes161 eps • 1961–1965
    Hy Gardner
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist
    101 episodes101 eps • 1957–1959
    Sally Ann Howes
    Sally Ann Howes
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist
    96 episodes96 eps • 1962–1965
    Don Ameche
    Don Ameche
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist
    88 episodes88 eps • 1957–1964
    Abe Burrows
    Abe Burrows
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist
    80 episodes80 eps • 1957–1965
    Ralph Bellamy
    Ralph Bellamy
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist…
    72 episodes72 eps • 1957–1962
    Skitch Henderson
    Skitch Henderson
    • Self - Panelistas Self - Panelist…
    66 episodes66 eps • 1962–1965
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    Classic game show in which a person of some notoriety and two impostors try to match wits with a panel of four celebrities. The object of the game is to try to fool the celebrities into voting for the two impostors. Each wrong vote would be worth $250 ($100 in the daytime version). —Brian Washington <Sargebri@att.net>
    • celebrity
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    • deception
    • guessing game
    • quiz
    • 1 more
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Dorothy Kilgallen and Arlene Francis appeared on the November 8, 1965, edition of the CBS daytime series pretending to be Joan Crawford. At the time this was a relatively new gimmick on the show involving a guest celebrity. The three women appeared wearing black veils over their faces, and their voices were distorted by technicians. The panel had to determine who was the real Joan Crawford. This broadcast was videotaped six days earlier, on November 2. Kilgallen was found dead at home several hours before it was scheduled for airing. CBS still showed it, but the network assigned newscaster Douglas Edwards to announce her death immediately after the closing credits rolled. A short time thereafter CBS officials wiped the videotape, which they did to all daytime telecasts in 1965. No recording of it is known to exist.
    • Quotes

      [last lines spoken each episode]

      Host Bud Collyer: [says goodnight to the panel, then faces the camera] Bud Collyer saying goodnight from >>name of sponsor<< and

      [points right index finger at camera]

      Host Bud Collyer: reminding you to tell the truth.

      [waves at camera]

      Host Bud Collyer: Good night, everybody.

    • Alternate versions
      Also available in a computer colorized version.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Twilight Zone: Black Leather Jackets (1964)
    • Soundtracks
      Peter Pan
      (1956-1962)

      (Theme 1)

      Composed by Dolf van der Linden (ASCAP)

      Original Publisher: W. Paxton & Co., Ltd. (ASCAP)

      Current Publisher: Novello Special Account c/o G. Schirmer, Inc.

    User reviews10

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    On second viewing....
    I enjoyed these shows as a very young child. But looking at them again after 60 years, there's something fundamentally wrong with the show. The real Mr. or Mrs. X often tries to say or give as little information as possible, to the point of being disingenuous in their answers. Also, sometimes the subject is fairly obscure, yet the panelists -- especially Tom Poston -- seem to be able to ask highly specific questions. Maybe my suspicions are unfounded, but the whole exercise now seems somewhat unbelievable.
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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • -With the UFO expert J. Allen Hynek (1964)
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Boulevard, Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions
      • CBS Television Network
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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