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First Performance

First Performance (1955)★ 6.7/10

CA · 90 min · October 3, 1956 · 4 seasons

  • Drama

Directed by: Rupert Caplan, Paul Almond, Harvey Hart

Written by: Ivor Barry, Drew Crossan, Marcel Dubé, Arthur Hailey, Ronald Hambleton

A series of short television plays that were produced as a promotion for Canada Savings Bonds.

Directed by

Rupert CaplanPaul AlmondHarvey Hart

Written by

Ivor BarryDrew CrossanMarcel DubéArthur HaileyRonald HambletonLillian HellmanHenrik IbsenLeslie McFarlaneMavor MooreLen PetersonLester PowellEmmanuel RoblèsMax RosenfeldGeorge SalversonByrne Hope SaundersJoseph SchullMac ShoubLister SinclairStuart Trueman

Cast & crew

Robert ChristieSelf - introductionMurray WestgateDr. Frederick BantingHugh WebsterAlex McKeePete DawsonKatharine BlakeEmily MurphyLloyd BochnerArthur MurphyJames DoohanJoyntEd McNamaraMcQuaidBrendan DillonJane MallettBetsy JohnsonNeil LeroyDr. MorrisonJohn DrainieDr. Howard GibsonIvor BarryFrançois LavigneMoralesJohn GardinerMax HelpmannHelene WinstonAmelia HallCharles JarrottEric HouseJohn VernonLarry D. MannPolice inspectorCorinne ConleyBill WalkerBank managerFrank PerryMavor MooreJamiesonSandy WebsterAileen SeatonMaudCharles PalmerReynoldsFrank PeddieEric ChristmasBernard SladeChuck ShearingW.B. BrydonLeslie NielsenTedRichard GilbertMontserratFrances HylandRichard NewtonIzquierdoPatrick MacneeJulian ShawNeil McCallumGeorge McCowanJoseph FürstTed FollowsHoward RyshpanDouglas CampbellColonel Tom TalbotHenry RamerLuhanWilliam HuttVernon ChapmanGeorge AlexanderZavalaWilliam de MaroisA monkGerald RowanSalas InaRosemary HenryRoland HewgillAlfred GallagherFather CoronilEileen CliffordMatildeJune LehmanJorge Juan RodriguezA soldierElizabeth BarryFelisaAnne PattersonArthur MotyerAntonanzasChris WigginsE.M. MargoleseDr. FoyNonnie GriffinSándor NaszódyRex HagonChildNorman EttlingerRon HartmannFatherPaul EndersbyDr. HewitsonEric ClaveringIréna MayeskaGirlLorraine ForemanMotherJohn ParisThompson BantingWilliam NeedlesMcLeanDeborah TurnbullMiss WebbEd MurchFred DiehlGeorge LuscombeAnthony GreyDr. Charles BestLloyd JonesMolly ThomJohn HardingeDr. ChambersBrock ShovellerAnne RobergeJoan BlackmanRobert Walker Jr.Arjun GhanshyamJill FosterMaxine ShearingJack CreleyToby RobinsJeanne PhillipsAustin WillisKen CullumSandra ScottEvelyn MacFaydenJoe AustinDesveauxLouis NeginLeonard WhiteLt. Kirpal SinghAraby LockhartGillie FenwickKundaswamiStephen LordBeth MorrisPeter MewsDave BroadfootSyl AppsMargot ChristieJohn GrimaIan HewitsonMohammedLew DavidsonAnna ReiserAlan ChryslerJoel AldredSelf - HostRon HastingsZabrowskiBud BrowningFelicity PearceReba BashIraParvathi BasrurKamalaEverett SloaneLouis ZorichBruno GerussiJohn ClarkOvila LégaréMargot CampbellRobert RivardErnest GuimondGratien GélinasLeslie YeoClaude PréfontaineRoger GarceauColette CourtoisCamille DucharmeMariette DuvalGeorges ToupinJohn BethuneAlice HillGermaine GirouxLuce TriganneClément LatourCathy Carroll