The Ninth Day (Playhouse 90)

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Episode no.Season 1
Episode 15
Written byDorothy Baker
Howard Baker
Original air dateJanuary 10, 1957 (1957-01-10)
"The Ninth Day"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 15
Directed byJohn Frankenheimer
Written byDorothy Baker
Howard Baker
Original air dateJanuary 10, 1957 (1957-01-10)
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"The Ninth Day" is a 1957 American television play. It aired as an episode of Playhouse 90. It was one of two episodes in the series John Kerr made with director John Frankenheimer.[1]

After World War III a small group of people live in the desert. A young man tries to run away, hoping to find other communities of survivors, but is told by the elders that he must stay and marry the group's only young woman.

Cast

  • John Kerr as David
  • Piper Laurie as Ruth
  • James Dunn as Reverend Powell
  • Victor Jory as Dr. Jackson
  • Mary Astor as Virginia Jackson
  • Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Ada
  • Nehemiah Persoff as Rudy
  • Audra Lindley as Miss Steckert
  • Felipe Turich as Gonzales

Production

It was known as Mr and Mrs McAdams. Piper Laurie called it "one of my favourite live shows."[2]

Reception

References

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