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ALCOA PREMIERE: PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)

Summary

Premiere of this series of dramas hosted by Fred Astaire. Based on the case histories of Dr. Harry Wilmer, this story concerns the psychiatrist's innovative therapy developed for the treatment of mentally ill patients in a California military hospital. The patients discuss their problems in group sessions. One patient, Hughes, a victim of shell shock, slowly benefits from the therapy. Includes commercials.

Details

  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: October 10, 1961 Tuesday 10:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:58:38
  • COLOR/B&W: B&W
  • CATALOG ID: T78:0101
  • GENRE: Drama
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1961-1963
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Alex Segal … Producer, Director
  • Frank Baur … Associate Producer
  • Henry F. Greenberg … Writer
  • Fred Astaire … Host
  • Johnny Williams (see also: John Williams) … Music by
  • Lee Marvin … Cast, Hughes
  • James Gregory … Cast, Driscoll
  • Arthur Kennedy … Cast, Dr. Harry Wilmer
  • Katherine Squire … Cast, Nurse Harrington
  • Jocelyn Brando … Cast, Nurse Slater
  • Marion Ross … Cast, Mrs. Hughes
  • John Alderman … Cast, Wheeler
  • Paul Comi … Cast, Corpsman Wyatt
  • Russ Conway … Cast, The Psychologist
  • David Faulkner … Cast, Lt. Cobb
  • Joey Forman … Cast, Kroner
  • Wesley Gale … Cast, Seaman Venske
  • Jordan Gerler … Cast, 2nd Corpsman
  • John Lasell … Cast, Lt. Pennock
  • Ralph Reed … Cast, Hanson
  • Bert Remsen … Cast, Burkhardt
  • Paul Sand … Cast, The Prowler
  • Keir Dullea … Cast, Maples
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