The Long March (Playhouse 90)

"**The Long March**"
"The Long March"
Playhouse 90 episode
	Jack Carson in "The Long March"
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 4
Directed by	Delbert Mann
Written by	Roger O. Hirson (adaptation), William Styron (novel)
Original air date	October 16, 1958
Running time	1:28:22
Guest appearances
	Jack Carson as Capt. Al Mannix; Sterling Hayden as Col. Rocky Templeton; Rod Taylor as Lt. Warren Culver;
Episode chronology
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"The Long March" was an American television play broadcast on October 16, 1958, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90.

Plot

Lt. Col. Rocky Thompson orders a group of Marines a 36-mile march after a training mission.

Cast

The cast included the following:^[1]^[2]

Jack Carson as Capt. Al Mannix
Mona Freeman as Betsy Tendler
Rod Taylor as Lt. Warren Culver
Sterling Hayden as Lt. Col. Rocky Templeton
James Congdon as Pvt. Jimmy Hobbs
Paul Lambert as Major Lawrence
Harvey Stephens as Col. Price
Jason Wingreen as Master Sgt. Walter O'Leary
Fletcher Allen as Pvt. Leadbetter
Harry Davidson as Capt. Oliphant
Pauline Meyers as Margaret
Robert Cass as Headquarters Corporal
Bob Duggan as Private First Class
William Benedict as First Private
Joe Bishop Second Private
Garry Walberg as Command Post Lieutenant
Warren Frost as Command Post Sergeant
Eve McVeagh as Woman in Bar

Edward G. Robinson hosted the broadcast.

Production

The program aired on October 16, 1958, on the CBS television series Playhouse 90. It was written by Roger O. Hirson, based on William Styron's novel. Fred Coe was the producer and Delbert Mann the director.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Playhouse 90: The Long March". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved October 18, 2020.

[Paley-1] "Playhouse 90: The Long March". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved October 18, 2020.

[CTVA-2] "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved October 18, 2020.

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Season 3	"The Plot to Kill Stalin" "Days of Wine and Roses" "The Time of Your Life" "The Long March" "Shadows Tremble" "Word From a Sealed-Off Box" "Heart of Darkness" "Old Man" "The Return of Ansel Gibbs" "Free Weekend" "Seven Against the Wall" "The Nutcracker" "Face of a Hero" "The Wings of the Dove" "The Blue Men" "The Velvet Alley" "A Quiet Game of Cards" "Child of Our Time" "The Second Man" "The Raider" "The Dingaling Girl" "Made in Japan" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" "A Trip to Paradise" "In Lonely Expectation" "The Day Before Atlanta" "Judgment at Nuremberg" "A Corner of the Garden" "Dark December" "Diary of a Nurse" "A Marriage of Strangers" "Out of Dust" "The Rank and File" "The Killers of Mussolini" "Project Immortality" "Dark as the Night" "The Second Happiest Day"
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