Dark December (Playhouse 90)

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"Dark December"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 30
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
Written by Merle Miller
Original air dateApril 30, 1959 (1959-04-30)
Running time1:28
Guest appearances
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"Dark December" is an American television play broadcast on April 30, 1959 as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90 . The cast includes Barry Sullivan, Michael Landon, James Whitmore, and Warren Beatty. Franklin Schaffner was the director and Merle Miller the writer.

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Plot

Set in December 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, a military doctor takes over a Franciscan seminary in Bastogne and tries to convert it into a hospital.

Cast

The cast includes the following: [1]

Production

The program aired on April 30, 1959, on the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Merle Miller was the writer and Franklin Schaffner the director. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Playhouse 90: Dark December". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  2. "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved October 31, 2020.