Blacklist

Name: Blacklist
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Genre: Drama
Released: 1964-01-18
Rating: 9.3
Cast: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Jack Klugman, John Baragrey

1h | Drama | Episode aired 18 January 1964

Season 3 | Episode 16

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Joe Larch used to be a character actor in the movies but he was blacklisted in the early 1950's and hasn't been able to find a job in the movies since. He now works as a sales clerk in a ... See full synopsis »

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Cast

Episode credited cast:
	E.G. Marshall	...	Lawrence Preston
	Robert Reed	...	Kenneth Preston
	Jack Klugman	...	Joe Larch
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	John Baragrey	...	George Veigh
	Robert Drivas	...	Dave Larch
	Margaret Hayes	...	Maggie Daly (as Maggie Hayes)
	Michael Higgins	...	Mayer Ostervelt
	Michael Lombard	...	Charles Monarchio
	Neva Patterson	...	Louise Lofting
	Brett Somers	...	Mildred Larch
	Howard St. John	...	Judson Kyle
	Herb Voland	...	Lloyd Hickman (as Herbert Voland)

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Joe Larch used to be a character actor in the movies but he was blacklisted in the early 1950's and hasn't been able to find a job in the movies since. He now works as a sales clerk in a shoestore. Out of the blue a director decides he is perfect for the role of a youth worker in a film he is making. However, a right-wing group gets wind of Larch's selection for the role and starts a letter writing campaign to the mayor of the city which the film is based on. The city must give its approval for the film to proceed. At the insistence of his son, Larch decides to fight the right-wingers and hires the Prestons. The elder Preston visits the leader of the right-wing group to plead Larch's case but gets nowhere. When the issue of approving the film comes up before the city commission, it is tabled in order to avoid political controversy. Although the director has backed Larch before, he now claims Larch's part has been rewritten for a younger man and Larch is no longer right for the part. ...

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