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...arrested, falsely accused and unjustly condemned to six years in prison, escapes by tying his bed sheets together and climbing down them. The climax of the show was ruined in a large part of the country by a transmission foul-up that blacked-out the escape scene. Louis Jourdan made a handsome Mendès-France, but never conveyed the impression that he had the brains to become Premier of France...
Climax (Thurs. 8:30 p.m., CBS). The Escape of Mendès-France, a dramatization of true-life adventure of the former French Premier, starring Louis Jourdan...
Appointment with Adventure (Sun. 10:00 p.m., CBS). New drama series, with Louis Jourdan, Claude Dauphin...
...fate-that also suggested John O'Hara's Appointment in Samarra. The doom-dodger in this some-what Oriental tale of French circus life is a much-besought tamer of tigers (Jan Farrand), who, fearing the future, gazes into the crystal ball of the magician (Louis Jourdan). In two flash-forwards, the ball reveals that on her next birthday -whether she marries a juggler or a millionaire-she must perish in a steamship disaster. Finally, because his own future is the one thing the ball lacks the power to foretell, she marries the magician, who adores...
Herman Shumlin's ability as director is evident in the fact that there are no serious flaws or lapses of pacing in the show. Presumably, too, he will get a touch more animation into Mr. Jourdan's performance. Actually, Samarkand is very near the peculiar, dim excellence of plays that are an unmodified good...