| "The Winslow Boy" | |
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| DuPont Show of the Month episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Alex Segal |
| Written by | Sumner Locke Elliott (TV adaptation), Terence Rattigan (underlying play) |
| Original air date | November 13, 1958 |
| Running time | 1:25:36 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"The Winslow Boy" was an American television play broadcast by CBS on November 13, 1958, as part of the television series, DuPont Show of the Month . It was based on the play by Terence Rattigan. Alex Segal was the director and David Susskind the producer. [1] Fredric March starred as Arthur Winslow and was nominated for a Sylvania Award for his performance.
The play was on the Archer-Shee Case, a famous case heard in 1910. A 14-year-old boy, Ronnie Winslow, is unjustly accused of stealing a five shilling postal order and expelled from the Royal Naval College, Osborne. His father, Arthur Winslow (played by Fredric March) hires a famous solicitor who successfully proves the boy's innocence and clears his name. (The real-life Winslow Boy was subsequently killed in World War I at age 19.)
The cast included performances by: [1]
The production starred Fredric March and his real-life wife Florence Eldridge as the Winslow boy's parents. The program was an adaptation of the play by Terence Ratigan. David Susskind was the producer and Alex Segal the director. [2]
For his performance as Arthur Winslow, March was nominated for outstanding actor at the 1958 Sylvania Television Awards. [3]
In The New York Times, Jack Gould gave the production a positive review. [4]
Variety wrote "On all counts — acting, directing, adaptation, production — it was stunningly executed; the kind of devotion to a medium (and theatre) that pops up occasionally on a Playhouse 90 or a Hallmark Hall of Fame, but otherwise is pretty much lost to tv." [5]