The Tunnel (Playhouse 90)
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Episode no.Season 4
Episode 6
Episode 6
Directed byDelbert Mann
Written byDavid Shaw
Featured musicJerry Goldsmith
| "The Tunnel" | |
|---|---|
| Playhouse 90 episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 6 |
| Directed by | Delbert Mann |
| Written by | David Shaw |
| Featured music | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Original air date | December 10, 1959 |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
"The Tunnel" was a pre-recorded American television play first broadcast on December 10, 1959, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was the sixth episode of the fourth season of Playhouse 90 and the 123rd episode overall.
The play is set in the Civil War and depicts the plan by a Union officer (Henry Pleasants) to end a stalemate by digging a tunnel under Confederate forces and then exploding the enemy with dynamite. The story was based on the Battle of the Crater that occurred in July 1864 near Petersburg, Virginia.[1]