Not the Glory (Playhouse 90)

"**Not the Glory**"
"Not the Glory"
Playhouse 90 episodes
	Newspaper ad for "Not the Glory"
Episode nos.	Season 2; Episodes 33
Directed by	Robert Mulligan
Written by	David Shaw (adaptation), Pierre Boulle (novel)
Original air date	May 8, 1958
Guest appearances
	James Mason as Wilhelm Konreid; Ann Todd as Lady Diane Goodfellow; Dennis King as Sir Wallace Goodfellow;
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Rumors of Evening"	Next →; "Nightmare at Ground Zero"

Last updated May 22, 2025

"Not the Glory" was an American television play broadcast on May 8, 1958, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90 . David Shaw wrote the teleplay based on Pierre Boulle's first novel, William Conrad (1950). Robert Mulligan directed, and James Mason, Ann Todd, and Dennis King starred.^[1]^[2]

Plot

A Nazi spy, Wilhelm Konreid, travels to London in 1939, posing as a Polish patriot. He "ingratiates himself into high British government circles" and is offered a job with the BBC. Sir Wallace Goodfellow is a British government official "whose intellect and cunning are pitted against" Konreid.^[3]

Cast

The following performers received screen credit for their performances:^[1]

James Mason - Wilhelm Konreid
Ann Todd - Lady Diane Goodfellow
Dennis King - Sir Wallace Goodfellow
Walter Fitzgerald - Major Wickham

References

1 2 3 4 "Playhouse 90, Season 2". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
↑ "Mason, Todd To Star In Playhouse 90 Drama". The Victoria Advocate. May 4, 1958. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Quotations taken from the newspaper advertisement (pictured above) for the original broadcast.

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[CTVA-1] 1 2 3 4 "Playhouse 90, Season 2". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

[2] "Mason, Todd To Star In Playhouse 90 Drama". The Victoria Advocate. May 4, 1958. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Quotations taken from the newspaper advertisement (pictured above) for the original broadcast.

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v t e Playhouse 90
People	John Frankenheimer Martin Manulis Franklin J. Schaffner Rod Serling
Season 1	"Forbidden Area" "Requiem for a Heavyweight" "Sizeman and Son" "Rendezvous in Black" "The Country Husband" "The Big Slide" "Heritage of Anger" "Eloise" "Confession" "Made in Heaven" "Sincerely, Willis Wade" "The Family Nobody Wanted" "Massacre at Sand Creek" "Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses" "The Ninth Day" "So Soon to Die" "The Star Wagon" "The Greer Case" "The Miracle Worker" "The Comedian" "The Coat of White" "The Blackwell Story" "Invitation to a Gunfighter" "The Last Tycoon" "The Hostess with the Mostes'" "Charley's Aunt" "Clipper Ship" "If You Know Elizabeth" "Three Men on a Horse" "Four Women in Black" "Child of Trouble" "Homeward Borne" "Helen Morgan" "Winter Dreams" "Circle of the Day" "Without Incident" "Clash by Night" "Ain't No Time for Glory" "The Fabulous Irishman"
Season 2	"The Death of Manolete" "The Dark Side of the Earth" "Topaze" "A Sound of Different Drummers" "The Playroom" "Around the World in 90 Minutes" "The Mystery of Thirteen" "The Edge of Innocence" "The Clouded Image" "The Jet Propelled Couch" "The Troublemakers" "Panic Button" "Galvanized Yankee" "The Thundering Wave" "For I Have Loved Strangers" "The Lone Woman" "Reunion" "The Last Man" "The 80 Yard Run" "Before I Die" "The Gentleman From Seventh Avenue" "The Violent Heart" "No Time at All" "Point of No Return" "Portrait of a Murderer" "The Last Clear Chance" "The Male Animal" "The Right Hand Man" "Turn Left at Mount Everest" "The Dungeon" "Verdict of Three" "Rumors of Evening" "Not the Glory" "Nightmare at Ground Zero" "Bomber's Moon" "Natchez" "The Innocent Sleep" "A Town Has Turned to Dust" "The Great Gatsby" "A Bitter Heritage"
Season 3	"The Plot to Kill Stalin" "Days of Wine and Roses" "The Time of Your Life" "The Long March" "Shadows Tremble" "Word From a Sealed-Off Box" "Heart of Darkness" "Old Man" "The Return of Ansel Gibbs" "Free Weekend" "Seven Against the Wall" "The Nutcracker" "Face of a Hero" "The Wings of the Dove" "The Blue Men" "The Velvet Alley" "A Quiet Game of Cards" "Child of Our Time" "The Second Man" "The Raider" "The Dingaling Girl" "Made in Japan" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" "A Trip to Paradise" "In Lonely Expectation" "The Day Before Atlanta" "Judgment at Nuremberg" "A Corner of the Garden" "Dark December" "Diary of a Nurse" "A Marriage of Strangers" "Out of Dust" "The Rank and File" "The Killers of Mussolini" "Project Immortality" "Dark as the Night" "The Second Happiest Day"
Season 4	"Target for Three" "The Sounds of Eden" "Misalliance" "The Hidden Image" "The Grey Nurse Said Nothing" "The Tunnel" "The Silver Whistle" "A Dream of Treason" "To the Sound of Trumpets" "The Cruel Day" "Tomorrow" "The Hiding Place" "Alas, Babylon" "Journey to the Day" "The Shape of the River" "In the Presence of Mine Enemies"
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Not the Glory (Playhouse 90)

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Cast

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