"The Price of Tomatoes" | |
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The Dick Powell Show episode | |
![]() Peter Falk and Inger Stevens in "The Price of Tomatoes" | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 17 |
Directed by | David Friedkin |
Written by | Richard Alan Simmons |
Featured music | Leith Stevens (music), Joseph Mullendore (score) |
Cinematography by | Carl Guthrie |
Original air date | January 16, 1962 |
Running time | 51:46 |
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"The Price of Tomatoes" was an American television movie broadcast by NBC on January 16, 1962, as part of the television series, The Dick Powell Show . It was written and produced by Richard Alan Simmons and directed by David Friedkin. Peter Falk starred and won the Emmy Award for outstanding single performance by an actor in a leading role.
A Greek truck driver, Aristede Fresco (played by Peter Falk), seeks to deliver a shipment of tomatoes from El Paso, Texas to Cincinnati, Ohio before his competitor arrives. He is sidetracked when he picks up a pregnant Romanian illegal immigrant, Anna Beza (played by Inger Stevens). She goes into labor and he takes her to the office of a doctor who turns out to be an astrological doctor. He then seeks out a real hospital. After helping her through the birth of her child, Fresco returns to the road and passes his competition.
The cast included performances by: [1]
The production was broadcast by NBC on January 16, 1962, as part of the television series, The Dick Powell Show . It was written and produced by Richard Alan Simmons and directed by David Friedkin. [1] Carl Guthrie was the director of photography, and J. M. Van Tamelen was the art director.
Peter Falk won the Emmy Award for outstanding single performance by an actor in a leading role. [2] The production also received Emmy nominations for Inger Stevens for outstanding single performance by an actress in a leading role and for Richard Alan Simmons for outstanding writing achievement in drama.