Elegy (TV play)
| "Elegy (TV play)" | |
|---|---|
| The Philco Television Playhouse episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Delbert Mann |
| Written by | Sumner Locke Elliott |
| Based on | story by Anthony Boucher |
| Original air date | January 25, 1953 |
Elegy is a 1953 American television play by Sumner Locke Elliott.[1]
Premise
[edit]A writer, Alan Hanford, pens an elegy for a deceased friend, Larry Winters. One year later Larry turns up to blackmail Alan.
Cast
[edit]- Charlton Heston as Larry Winters
- William Prince as Alan Hanford
- Lydia Clarke
- Constance Ford
Reception
[edit]The Tablet found it "trying".[2] The Journal called it "a splendid story, thrillingly enacted."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Heston Portrays subject of 'Elegy'". The Portsmouth Star. 25 January 1953. p. 19.
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- ^ "TV and radio". The Jersey Journal. 29 January 1953. p. 31.