PLAYHOUSE 90: THE LAST MAN (TV)
Summary
One in this dramatic anthology series. In this program, which takes place in the later half of the nineteenth century, a man named Mitch Barrett becomes embittered when his wife dies needlessly in childbirth. A stubborn storekeeper refused to give Mitch -- who was new in town and short on money -- the medication he needed for his wife. Mitch stays in the town for six years and becomes a respected bank-teller and artist. Then, he claims that he is leaving town to get married. However, he really sets out to search for a group of outsiders to assist him in a bank robbery. During the robbery he intends to have the storekeeper, who caused him so much grief, murdered. Mitch heads to Royce City where he enlists a gunshooter, a confederate lieutenant, a barmaid, a con artist, and a stableman to help him in robbing a shipment of gold arriving in his town. The five recruits do not realize how hateful Mitch is until it is too late. After the robbery, Mitch begins to murder his cohorts one by one. Includes commercials and a promo.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: January 9, 1958 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:28:55
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T:13418
- GENRE: Drama, western
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, western
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1956-1961
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Bristol/Myers Ban roll-on deodorant
- TV - Commercials - Bristol/Myers Bufferin pain reliever
- TV - Commercials - Bristol/Myers Ipana toothpaste
- TV - Commercials - Bristol/Myers Vitalis hair tonic
- TV - Commercials - Gas Company
- TV - Commercials - Kimberly/Clark Delsey bathroom tissue
- TV - Commercials - Kleenex table napkins
- TV - Commercials - Kleenex tissues
- TV - Commercials - Marlboro cigarettes
- TV - Promos - "Playhouse 90: The Eighty Yard Run"
CREDITS
- Martin Manulis … Producer
- Peter Kortner … Associate Producer
- John Frankenheimer … Director
- Aaron Spelling … Writer
- Dick Joy … Announcer
- Paul Newman … Host
- Sterling Hayden … Cast, Mitch Barrett
- Carolyn Jones … Cast, Julie Reynolds
- Wallace Ford … Cast, "Mule" Rogers
- Hurd Hatfield … Cast, Harry Ivers
- Richman, Mark (See also: Richman, Peter Mark) … Cast, Stu Christian
- Lee Philips … Cast, Dan Keats
- Malcolm Atterbury … Cast, Doc Seltzer
- Stafford Repp … Cast, Sheriff Olsen
- Byron Foulger … Cast, Sam
- Douglas Henderson … Cast, Sheriff Blake
- Burt Mustin … Cast, the Preacher
- Woodrow Chamblis … Cast, Pete
- Michael Ross … Cast, Ab Benner
- Paul Bryar … Cast, Walt Baker
- Jason Johnson … Cast, the Hotel Clerk
- James McCallion … Cast, the Bookie
- Tess Landess … Cast, Eleanor
- Bob Cross … Cast, Shorty
- Garry Walberg … Cast, the Bartender
- Claudia Bryar … Cast, Mrs. Longley
- Earl Parker … Cast, Red McDonald