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Notorious (Theatre '62)

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"Notorious"
Theatre '62 episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 3
Directed byJack Smight
Written bySumner Locke Elliott
Based onscript by Ben Hecht
Original air dateDecember 10, 1961 (1961-12-10)
Running time60

"Notorious" is a 1961 American television play based on the 1946 film of the same name.[1] "If it's a good role why shouldn't I take it" said Barbara Rush.[2]

Cast

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Reception

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Variety called it "routine melodramatics that fell into familiar patterns."[3] Newsday said it was inferior to the film.[4] The Daily News called it "an attention holding TV adaptation."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "A tv version of Notorious". The News and Observer. 10 December 1961. p. 53.
  2. ^ "She won't scare". Los Angeles Mirror. 1 December 1961. p. 47.
  3. ^ "Theatre 62". Variety. 13 December 1961. p. 31.
  4. ^ "Original drama less slick but stimulating". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). 11 December 1961. p. 90.
  5. ^ "TV spy story is claptrap but it's also good fun". Daily News. 11 December 1961. p. 51.
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