GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER: THE WORLD'S GREATEST QUARTERBACK (TV)
Summary
One in this series presented by General Electric. In this drama, Ernie Kovacs plays Sam Lund, a washed-up ex-quarterback who returns to his hometown. He is greeted by his daughter Jean and her boyfriend, who is also a football player and intends to follow in Lund's footsteps by dropping out of college and joining a professional team. The young couple admire Sam, unaware that he is that he is broke and his personal affairs are a mess. Sam's wife Mary knows the truth, however, and begs him to tell Jean about it before she and her boyfriend make the same mistake they did. Meanwhile, Sam attempts to romance a valuable painting away from Mary in order to sell it, but Mary decides to make a different sort of deal with him instead. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: October 19, 1958 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:05
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T86:1465
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Football players
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1953-1962
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- William Frye … Producer
- Ray Milland … Director
- Nord Riley … Writer
- Elmer Bernstein … Music by
- Ernie Kovacs … Cast, Sam Lund
- Suzanne Pleshette … Cast, Jean Lund
- Roger Til … Cast, Arnaud
- Audrey Totter … Cast, Mary Lund
- Ronnie Burns … Cast, Vince