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Four Star Playhouse

The Book (Season 2, Episode 27)

TV Episode | 30 min |Comedy, Crime, Drama


A stranger tussles with John over a library book and is struck and killed by a passing car. John discovers a message in the book and follows it to a blind meeting, only to be mistaken for a hit man with an assassination team.

Director

Roy Kellino

Writers

Gwen Bagni (screenplay) (as J. Gwen Bagni) |Fred Schiller (story) |Blake Edwards (adaptation)

Producer

George Haight

Cinematographer

George E. Diskant

Editor

Samuel E. Beetley

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Status

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Updated Apr 1, 1954


Release date

Apr 1, 1954 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 14 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations


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12 cast members
Name Known for
David Niven's primary photo David Niven John John See fewer A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Marguerite Chapman's primary photo Marguerite Chapman Linda Linda See fewer The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Douglas Fowley's primary photo Douglas Fowley Police Lt. Police Lt. See fewer Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Frank Ferguson's primary photo Frank Ferguson Ed Ed See fewer Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Robert J. Wilke's primary photo Robert J. WilkeGeorge (as Bob Wilke) George (as Bob Wilke) See fewer The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Ted Stanhope's primary photo Ted Stanhope Man Man See fewer Leave It to the Irish (1944)
Herbert Lytton's primary photo Herbert LyttonF.B.I. Man (as Herb Lytton) F.B.I. Man (as Herb Lytton) See fewer The Cosmic Man (1959)
Claire Carleton's primary photo Claire Carleton Anna Anna See fewer The Mickey Rooney Show (1954)
Claire Du Brey's primary photo Claire Du BreyMrs. Miggs (as Claire DuBrey) Mrs. Miggs (as Claire DuBrey) See fewer The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Katherine Warren's primary photo Katherine Warren Librarian Librarian See fewer The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Richard Reeves's primary photo Richard Reeves Stevedore Stevedore See fewer Target Earth (1954)
Robert Robinson's primary photo Robert RobinsonStevedore (uncredited) Stevedore (uncredited) See fewer El Diablo Rides (1939)

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