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...written.* Director John Frankenheimer (Williams. '51), a gangly TV veteran of 27, was disappointed from the start with George Bellak's TV adaptation of his original play. So Frankenheimer called in TV Author Rod (Requiem for a Heavyweight) Serling to doctor the script. With accomplished Actor Ben Gazzara to play the role, Frankenheimer wanted to expand the part of Stanley, the dead boy's roommate, who makes an effort to stop the fatal roughhouse, then suffers with a conscience-driven urge to tell all. "I want to be conscious of Benny Gazzara every minute," said Frankenheimer. "This...
...Tight." "Suddenly," said Frankenheimer, "it became very important to me to get this show on." In long conferences of Manulis, Frankenheimer, cast and whole production staff, ten lines were excised for appeasement purposes. So, by Miserable Tuesday, the unexpected crisis was over, and all the principals-Frankenheimer, Serling and Gazzara, Associate Director Jim Clark and Technical Director Brooks ("Nimble Fingers") Graham-could concentrate on the ordinary weekly Playhouse 90 crisis, the need to get out a show...
...Strange One. From Calder Willingham's novel (End As a Man)-a slick, sadistic thriller about a Southern military academy, and a notable film debut for Actor Ben Gazzara (TIME, April...
...Strange One. From Calder Willingham's novel (End As a Man)-a slick, sadistic thriller about a Southern military academy and a notable film debut for Broadway Actor Ben Gazzara (TIME, April...
...Strange One. From Calder Willingham's novel (End As a Man)-a slick, sadistic thriller about a Southern military academy and a notable film debut for Actor Ben Gazzara (TIME, April...