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Alas, Babylon: Directed by Robert Stevens. With Dana Andrews, Robert Crawford Jr., Judith Evelyn, Gina Gillespie. Americans try to cope with the aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Robert Stevens
- 1960-04-03
Aug 27, 2016 · UCLA has a print of the TV show, it was presented in March of 2015. However there has never been a feature film of this novel, and Playhouse 90's adaptation is to blame. The version they made was so far from the novel that Harry Hart Frank (a.k.a. Pat Frank) resolved to never let the film rights be granted.
Mar 28, 2015 · CBS, 4/3/60. Airing on primetime network television in the spring of 1960, a full two years before the Cuban missile crisis confronted the world with the dire possibility of a catastrophic thermonuclear war, CBS’s Playhouse 90 presentation of “Alas, Babylon” provided a reported audience of 24 million viewers with a shockingly realistic dramatization of the potential horrors of the atomic ...
The Playhouse 90 teleplay of “Alas, Babylon” unflinchingly portrays the tragic aftermath of a major nuclear conflict with the U.S.S.R, including scenes featuring a child being rendered blind from a violent bomb flash and a character severely disfigured by radiation burns. Narrated in flashback with solemn resignation by noir veteran Dana Andrews, who announces in the play’s first lines ...
- Robert Stevens
- Dana Andrews
Americans try to cope with the aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe.
Playhouse 90: With Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford. Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera.
Alas, Babylon ( Playhouse 90) Alas, Babylon (. Playhouse 90. ) " Alas, Babylon " was an American television play broadcast on April 3, 1960, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was the 13th episode of the fourth season of Playhouse 90 .
