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"Days of Wine and Roses" was a 1958 American teleplay by JP Miller which dramatized the problems of alcoholism. John Frankenheimer directed the cast headed by Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie and Charles Bickford.
Days of Wine and Roses: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie, Charles Bickford, Malcolm Atterbury. An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- John Frankenheimer
- 1958-10-02
Apr 13, 2020 · Playhouse 90: Days of Wine and Roses. Publication date. 1958. Usage. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Topics. Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie, Charles Bickford, Malcolm Atterbury, Sterling Hayden, Mimi Gibson. Language. English. Aired 2 Oct. 1958. (Season 3, Episode 2) Written by J.P. Miller. Addeddate. 2020-04-13 02:39:57. Color. black & white. Identifier.
- 79 min
- 5.5K
- Moongleam
The drama depicts the slow deterioration of a marriage due to alcoholism as ambitious ad man Joe Clay (Robertson) gets his wife Kristen (Laurie) to join him in drinking bouts that soon begin to destroy their lives. John J. O'Connor reviewed the 1983 video cassette release in The New York Times:
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The Fred Coe papers contain a wealth of material on the crafting of one of Playhouse 90 ‘s most famous episodes, “The Days of Wine and Roses.” These materials allow us to reconstruct the process of bringing the play’s difficult topic of alcoholism to the small screen.
