The Lie (Playhouse 90)

"The Lie"
Playhouse 90 episode
Directed by	Alex Segal
Teleplay by	Ingmar Bergman
Original air date	April 24, 1973 (1973-04-24)

"The Lie" is an American television play broadcast on April 24, 1973 as the first installment of the CBS Playhouse 90 series. The production was based on a play by Ingmar Bergman. The featured cast, as displayed in the opening credits ^[1] , included George Segal, Shirley Knight (as Shirley Knight Hopkins), Robert Culp, Victor Buono, William Daniels, Dean Jagger, Louise Lasser, Mary Ann Mobley, and Elizabeth Wilson. ^[2] The play was a drama depicting the interactions of a group of wealthy people. ^[3]

The production was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards and won four:

• Charles Kreiner and Jan Scott, winner, Best Art Direction or Scenic Design For a Dramatic Program or Feature Length Film, for a Series, a Single Program of a Series or a Special Program
• William M. Klages, winner, Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction
• Lewis W. Smith, nominee, Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing
• Charles Kreiner and Jan Scott, winner, Art Decorator and Set Decorator of the Year. ^[4]

References

1. jburma (October 27, 2023). "The Lie (1973) Full Movie | George Segal, Shirley Knight, Victor Buono". YouTube. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
2. Roberts Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors . Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 533. ISBN   0-8108-6138-0.
3. Jimmy Johnson (April 11, 1973). "Bergman Lie: CBS Cop-Out Or Artistry?". Pensacola News Journal (Gannett Service). p. 3E – via Newspapers.com.
4. "The Lie CBS Playhouse 90". Television Academy. Retrieved September 15, 2020.