HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: GIVE US BARABBAS! (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramas presented by Hallmark. This installment details the transformation of thief and murderer Barabbas after an angry mob decides that he should live and Jesus should die. Barabbas welcomes his freedom but cannot return to his former dissolute life in the thieves' quarter. His associates suspect that he was freed because he became an informant and betrayed them. Once they cast him from their circle, Barabbas is left alone with his conscience and a quest to learn more about the man who was crucified in his place. Includes commercials.
(This is a black-and-white copy of a color telecast.)
("Hallmark Hall of Fame" aired on NBC from 1952 to 1978; network affiliation varies after 1978.)
(Beginning with the live telecast of the opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" on December 24, 1951, Hallmark has sponsored a series of dramatic specials which since 1952 have been titled "Hallmark Hall of Fame." From 1952 to 1955 Hallmark also presented "Hallmark Hall of Fame," a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology series hosted by Sarah Churchill. The first program, "Dr. Serocold," was televised in January 1952 under the title "Hallmark Television Theatre." This series also ran under the title "Hallmark Summer Theatre" in July and August 1952.)
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: March 26, 1961 4:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:28:09
- COLOR/B&W: B&W Copy of Color Telecast
- CATALOG ID: T85:0104
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1951-1978
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Hallmark products
CREDITS
- George Schaefer … Producer, Director
- Robert Hartung … Associate Producer
- Henry Denker … Writer
- Bernard Green … Music by
- James Daly … Cast, Barabbas
- Kim Hunter … Cast, Mara
- Dennis King … Cast, Pontius Pilate
- Leonardo Cimino … Cast, Caleb
- Toni Darnay … Cast, Mary
- Ludwig Donath … Cast, Joseph
- Keir Dullea … Cast, Elisha
- John Gerstad … Cast, Lemuel
- Kermit Murdock … Cast, Peter
- Allen Nourse … Cast, Centurion
- Muni Seroff … Cast, the Merchant
- Eric Sinclair … Cast, Roman Officer
- Paul Sparer … Cast, Roman Sentry
- Robinson Stone … Cast, Phineas
- John Straub … Cast, John
- Theodore Tenley … Cast, Zachary
- Richard Thomas … Cast, the Boy