Jump to content

Buick-Electra Playhouse

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Bearcat (talk | contribs) at 01:46, 18 March 2020 (recat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Buick-Electra Playhouse is a 90-minute dramatic anthology series produced by and aired on CBS from 1959–1960. It was sponsored by Buick Motors. There were a total of four episodes, all based on Ernest Hemingway's works, The Killers, The Fifth Column, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio.

The executive producer was A.E. Hotchner, the producer was Gordon Duff, and the directors were John Frankenheimer, James Clarke, and Albert Marre.

Notable guest stars included Richard Burton, Maximilian Schell, Eleanor Parker, Robert Ryan, Dean Stockwell and Diane Baker.