Beloved Stranger

14th episode of the 4th season of Goodyear Playhouse
"Beloved Stranger"
Goodyear Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 14
Written bySumner Locke Elliott
Original air dateApril 10, 1955 (1955-04-10)

Beloved Stranger is a 1955 American television play, which aired as an episode of the Goodyear Playhouse.[1]

The Independent thought the plot was clearly inspried by A Letter to Three Wives but felt "the story was suspenseful and the acting and directing was superior almost anything seen in recent weeks."[2]

Premise

A ships' captain, Joe Saxon, has left his belongings to a "beloved stranger" who could be one of three women: his ex-wife Bambi, actor Magda or English girl Laura.

Cast

  • Hugh Reilly as Joe Saxon
  • John Alexander as Charlie Wickes
  • Elaine Stritch
  • Sally Gracie as Bambi Saxon
  • Carol Veazie as Mother Barker
  • Will West as Possum Barker
  • Ed Walsh as Matt Clune
  • Constance Ford as Magda Owens
  • Margaret Hamilton as Letty
  • Maureen Hurley as Laura Maitland
  • Cynthia Latham as Miss Teasdale

References

  1. ^ "Tangled loves in strange will". The Wichita Eagle. 10 April 1955. p. 98.
  2. ^ "Clickin on the channels". The Independent. 13 April 1955. p. 22.
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Works of Sumner Locke Elliott
Novels
Plays
TV scripts
Adaptations
  • Rusty Bugles (1965)
  • Water Under the Bridge (1980)
  • Rusty Bugles (1981)
  • Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
  • Edens Lost (1989 TV mini series)
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