Child of Our Time (Playhouse 90)

"**Child of Our Time**"
"Child of Our Time"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 18
Directed by	George Roy Hill
Written by	Irving Gaynor Neiman (adaptation), Michel del Castillo (book)
Produced by	Herbert Brodkin
Featured music	Jerry Goldsmith
Original air date	February 5, 1959
Running time	1:29
Guest appearances
	Robert L. Crawford Jr. as Tanguy; Liliane Montevecchi as the Mother; Maximillian Schell as Gunther;
Episode chronology
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"Child of Our Time" was an American television play broadcast on February 5, 1959 as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. The cast included Robert L. Crawford Jr., Liliane Montevecchi, and Maximillian Schell. George Roy Hill was the director. The teleplay was written by Irving Gaynor Neiman as an adaptation of the book by Michel del Castillo.

Plot[edit]

A young Spanish boy, Tanguy, is deprived of childhood by World War II. He is left in France when his mother returns to Spain to oppose the Franco regime.

Cast[edit]

The cast included the following:^[1]

Robert L. Crawford Jr. - Tanguy
Liliane Montevecchi - the Mother
Maximilian Schell - Gunther
George Dolenz - the Father
Lou Jacobi - Delivol
Marc Lawrence - Pardo
Theo Marcuse - Rouge
[[John Wengraf - Mr. Cohen
Ben-Ari - Misha
Orlando Rodriguez - Firmin
Rene Korper - Guy
Naomi Stevens - Nita
Felipe Turich - the Doctor
Beppy Devries - the Concierge
Voytek Dolinski - Antoine
Guy De Vestel - Dulac
Peter Coe - Prison Camp NCO
Harold Dyrenforth - Nazi Interrogator
Norbert Schiller - Prisoner
Edgar Barrier - the Mayor
Bob Duggan - Gendarme
Armand Alzamora]] - Underground Agent
Jean Del Val - Inspector
Joyce Vanderveen - Red Cross Worker
Jerry Gaylor - Red Cross Worker
Bill Schram - Guard
Otto Reichow - Soldier
Sam Capano - Cast, Gendarme
Paul Maxwell - Gendarme
David Colmans - Maderas
Pat Ortiz - Chato

Production[edit]

The program aired on February 19, 1959, on the CBS television series Playhouse 90. George Roy Hill was the director. The teleplay was written by Irving Gaynor Neiman as an adaptation of the book by Michel del Castillo.^[1]^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Playhouse 90: Child of Our Time". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
^ "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved October 31, 2020.

[Paley-1] "Playhouse 90: Child of Our Time". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

[CTVA-2] "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved October 31, 2020.

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