Telephone Time (1956)★ 7.0/10
- Drama
Directed by: Erle C. Kenton, Lewis Allen, Robert B. Sinclair, Roy Kellino, Owen Crump
Written by: Zoe Akins, D.D. Beauchamp, Jack Bennett, A.M. Brown, Joseph Calvelli
Anthology series originally featured plays by host, John Nesbitt for season one. Beginning in September 1957, works from other authors were presented as well until series ended in April 1958. Frank Baxter hosted the third and final season.
Directed by
Erle C. Kenton
Lewis AllenRobert B. SinclairRoy KellinoOwen CrumpAllen H. Miner
Arthur Hiller
Don Taylor
George WaggnerJustus Addiss
Laslo Benedek
Hugo HaasRod Amateau
Felix E. Feist
Robert Florey
Peter GodfreyRichard KinonArnold LavenEugène LouriéChristian NybyAbby BerlinGilbert Kay
James Mason
Norman Z. McLeodWilhelm ThielePeter TewksburyWritten by
Zoe AkinsD.D. BeauchampJack BennettA.M. BrownJoseph CalvelliSims CarterOliver CrawfordDavid DuncanHerbert EllisDavid EvansHoward R. EvansDaniel V. GalleryMilton GeigerHenry F. GreenbergMarion HargroveWilliam HarmonJohn H. KafkaJohn T. Kelley
Marina KoshetzJoseph LandonNorman LessingJerry D. LewisFrank L. MossC.M. Nelson
John NesbittClifford E. Barry NoblesPeter PackerMaxine RascoPaul RinkWilliam P. RousseauDonald S. SanfordLeonard St. ClairZ. StypulkowskiPalmer Thompson
James ThurberLászló VadnayCast & crew
John NesbittSelf - HostFrank BaxterSelf - Host
Maurice MarsacTall Postman
Florenz AmesBarberHugo HaasChristopher Ludwick
Peter BroccoMarcos
Lowell GilmoreGeneral George Washington
Oliver McGowanAllen
Norbert SchillerLeader No.1
Paul BryarCrew Boss
Gene RothPrison Guard
Grandon RhodesMcClellan
Ralph MoodyGeorge Shuff
Ray KelloggBullock
Ray MontgomeryDr. Collins
Michael LandonCaspar Hauser
Walter CoyJoe Palmer
Jan MerlinBret Harte
Lawrence DobkinAntol
Douglass DumbrilleJim Fogarty
Nestor PaivaCouthon
Grant RichardsCaptain Dan Brown
Richard HaleBishop
Nacho GalindoCarlos
John MaxwellGeorge BunkerDon PethleyJimmy CrossAnn MarcusBeverly Holt
Terence de MarneyBurgermeisterGeorge NavarroAntonio
Theodore MarcuseGrey
Russ BenderMatt Heller
Morris AnkrumJudge
Bob OkazakiCha Hak DoHoward WendellDr. Mussey
Martin GarralagaAndres Crespo
Vivi JanissMrs. Parker
Robert FoulkDavis
Beverly WashburnLaura Bridgman
Jan ArvanArpadJim HaywardDave
Harlan WardeCharlie Gulon
Leslie DenisonConstable
Robert AndersonBridgman
Martha WentworthBetty
Jack KruschenMax GeblerRalph NeffBartender
Sasha HardenHensel
William ChalleeGrampGary StewartJimmy DevlinRichard HerveyDon Blasongame
Thomas MitchellAndrew Hamilton
William TalmanLew Reese
Herbert AndersonBowditch
Tom HelmoreJack Howard
Barry AtwaterCharles Faulk
Arthur SpaceCapt. Dan Gallery
Steven GerayMayor
Harry TownesDr. Samuel Mudd
Jean ByronMiss MortonRita LynnMary Norrich
Helen WallaceArina
Madge MeredithMartha
Dave WillockExie
Richard KarlanFriday
Anthony EustrelChief Justice
Russ ConwayFrancois
Katherine WarrenJudge LevyRon GansPatrolman
Lester MatthewsSupply Minister
Robert EastonPvt. Grover Mackey
Lionel AmesWilliam GordonJudy MorrisAranka
Bill ErwinNewspaper Man
Leon AskinM. Herbert
Scott ForbesRobert Browning
Basil HowesGeorge Coe
Celia LovskyMama Ludwick
Ellen CorbyMrs. O'Shea
Russell HicksAmbassadorAnsis TipansGuard No.3Alex MontoyaHecklerRobert BoonHessian Prisoner
Will J. WhiteDr. Johnson
Alexander LockwoodCouncilman Martin
Frank J. ScannellDriverAzemat JantiOfficer
Hollis IrvingMartha
House Peters Jr.Lieutenant
Barbara BaxleyBetsy Arley
John HarmonMr. Hand
Johnny CrawfordChuckie LaPlante
Alan ReedSid Kramer
Susan LuckeyLaura Lockwood
Osa MassenEva Saxl
Kathryn CardNesdon BoothMan
Theodore von EltzHenry CorfieldPaul Playdon
William Schallert
Stacy HarrisJustice of the Peace
Penny Santon
Rudy Lee
Edward Platt
James WesterfieldWilson
Fredd WayneHicks
Otto WaldisRobert LowellHerbert Patterson
Michael EmmetJohn Wilkes Booth
Lon Chaney Jr.Jules Samenian
Victor JoryStypulkowski
Edgar StehliEmperor Norton
Robert EllensteinPinel
Pedro Gonzalez GonzalezFelix
Gene LockhartLouis P. Cashman
Ray StricklynArne Knudsen
Patrick McVeyM
Bette DavisMrs. Beatrice Enter
Beverly GarlandJohanna Van Gogh
Greer GarsonLiza Richardson
Joel GreyRay
Fay WrayMiss Perry
Thelma RitterMary Devlin
William CampbellGeorge Novak
Claudette ColbertMary Roberts Rinehart
Eddie FirestoneWill Porter
George BrenlinBenny
Peter CooksonPaul Wallace
Rory CalhounCharles Goodnight
Boris KarloffDr. Pierre
John HudsonLt. Dr. William Roberts
Martin MilnerHelmut Kaufman
Kenneth TobeyHarold T. Smith
Tom TullyPeters
John CrawfordCharlie Hatfield
Adam WilliamsTichonov
Mike MazurkiPvt. Novak
Alexander ScourbyJoseph Priestley
Henry DaniellVon Feuerbach
Reginald DennyGov. William Cosby
John AldersonChivigny
Robert ArthurAlex Samenian
Melville CooperJohn Keeley
Walter KingsfordSchliemann's fatherWilliam PullenJay SpikerRicky VeraChico
Barton MacLanePete Devlin
Tiger FafaraJimmy Branting
John DierkesErnest Weber
Phyllis AveryVictoria Herrington
Alan BaxterLou Kirn
Billy HalopChaplain Raymond Hall
Leonid KinskeyJosef DemchukJean HowellJoan Wallace
Robert CabalPit-a-PitRalph ClantonCapt. PrinceNancy AschDolores Bossack
John LarchOliver Loving
Torin ThatcherCapt. Robert Norrich
Walter SlezakHenri Charpentier
Vic PerrinLt. Hamilton
James BestAmerican Soldier
Kevin McCarthySamuel Howe
Robert MiddletonHeinrich Schliemann
Corey AllenPhil Samenian
Peter MilesPaul Lynge
Ted de CorsiaHayes
Peter HansenWilliam SmithSusan MorrowKathy Hatfield
Harry BartellFather John B. Salpointe
Robert BarratDr. Otto Graff
James DobsonHohnePeggy ConverseMrs. Priestley
Maurice MansonPriest
Edwin JeromeColonelHelen MayonAgathaFerdi B. HoffmanPearl Getter
John CarradineKarl Muller
Kathy GarverCarol Wallace
Harold J. StoneMartelli
Bert RemsenNed Cullen
Richard GarlandOfficer Nick Bartoli
Don HaggertyGibson
Charles WattsPresident TaftPamela BeairdBetty Lou
Michael WinkelmanJohnny Herrington
Richard BenedictDeputy Sheriff Case
Stephen BekassyDr. Peter Bodo
Jacqueline FontaineElizabeth
Richard HyltonSgt. Will Grant
Sebastian CabotPrince of Wales
Tom PittmanWes Sheek
Addison RichardsCol. Lugenbeel
Robert J. WilkeBoudet
Scotty BeckettPickals
Sean McCloryOfficer McTeague
Stafford ReppStorekeeper
Connie GilchristAnna Graff
Billy ChapinCharles Faulk, Jr.
Barry KelleyBillington
David KasdayJens Knudsen
Mel WellesHidalgo
Peter CoeGuard No.1
William ChingParker
Herbert RudleyDr. Anderson
Claudia BryarMrs. Quist
Norma VardenMiss Waterman
Peter J. VotrianFrankie Mack
Paul LangtonDr. Samuel Rinehart
Narda OnyxGeorge's Sweetheart
Kathleen MulqueenMrs. Smith
Charles MeredithDerbyArlene McQuadeMadge
Olive BlakeneyJessie Cooper
Barbara DoddMary HallMimi DoyleAthol PorterJohn BradfordMessenger BoyKem DibbsSimp WalkerTommy DugganWilliam LloydPaul R. DavisSgt. Macy
John AbbottJutchenko
Byron FoulgerMr. Purdy
Claire CarletonBlonde
Harry TylerClyde Beasley
Tommy CookDavie
Robert NicholsSergeant Hutch
Robert EllisCarl
Carleton G. YoungJudgeDanny Richards Jr.JamieJean InnessMarie BoulardPeg HilliasMrs. PetersRonald AntonPhil - at 8Michael GallowaySgt. Eddie SmithEarle McVeighScott ReeseJefferson SearlenElder Cobbin
Edd ByrnesRadio Announcer
John HoytState Attorney
Frank WilcoxRev. Gary
Philip AhnPatriarch
Stuart RandallCapt. Norton
James SeayProsecutor
Jean EngstromElga
Morgan JonesPvt. Babe Jeffcoat
Patrick WaltzLt. Thompson
Stephen JoyceJohnny Dover
Clarke GordonBill
Howard NegleyChas. NagelDebra WayneLinda Wallace
Ben WrightRobbins
Roberto ContrerasMexican SpyLynette BernayMary
Alphonse MartellWaiter
Wright KingHans
Barney PhillipsJohn Peter Zenger
Kathleen HughesSophia
Francis De SalesSlocum
Argentina BrunettiSenora Valdes
Bart BurnsLt. Comdr. Cassleman
Erville AldersonOtto TaylorJimmy BairdAlex - at 6
Eve MillerMarion Smith
Belle MitchellTia MariaBen Niems2nd Guard
Herb ButterfieldLa TourSalvador BaguezDon CarlosHolly HarrisLena Hiller
Ahna CapriDelores
Dick Crockett3rd. Patrolman
Isabel RandolphMrs. FairchildDayton LummisPublisher
Jack RaineBrigadier General
William NewellFatherJimmy FieldsBobbyLászló VadnayWardenDiane WayneLinda WallaceGeorge KilroyJoseph OliveiraGeorge DunnPvt. George SpoonerAshley Cowan1st SeamanDavid PostWounded Trooper
Anna NavarroSenora Acosta
Kathleen O'MalleyCora
Charles HorvathHugo
Olive SturgessFran
John EldredgeJames Alexander
Almira SessionsMrs. Pritchett
Lewis CharlesPeddler
John MylongPatriarchBarry TruexCaptain Alexander HamiltonRobert TafurAideDennis King Jr.Glen BrennemanJohn ParrishWarden Hill
Michael RaffettoJohn PalermoRobert RossPvt. WebsterDon RobertsComdr. Y
Sara SeegarRachel Cohen
Robert CornthwaiteMr. LaPlante
Alan DexterBlake
Joseph HamiltonOld Man
Wendy WinkelmanMavis
Dehl BertiFerenc
Warren ParkerFrank
Lisa GolmMrs. Novak
Leola WendorffMrs. ZapolyaNed WeverJudgeChuck CouchHall LasiterLisa WongMariaCarolyn O'DonnellGale Webber
Tom HollandMillsap
Patrick O'Moore2nd SeamanChristopher EssayEntremetierPatrick RileyMessenger
Patricia BlairMary Hamilton
Dan SeymourPashaDouglas HendersonJohn Allen
Robert BrubakerCapt. Y
Donald MacDonaldTimothy
Sammee TongJohn
Gil PerkinsEmil
Oliver BlakeGustav
Ray BennettEugene Pugh
Lumsden HareElder LeachRosa ReySenora LassoJohn TuggleAndyAlfred ToigoCpl. Spinoza
John WilderDabney
Dan RissDoctor
Barbara WooddellMrs. LaPlante
Jack MulhallParker Murphy
Stephen CoitSmall ManMaya Van HornMrs. GraafMason CurryLloydPhil PhillipsHaroldMichael MorganConstantin
Marcel RousseauWaldekWilliam PageJacob BowenPat StarkFranLarry TurnerRaymond Hall Jr
Orville ShermanR.C. BettyEd McCreadyTrooper MetzGeorge MilanChauffeur
Kitty KellyMatron
Clark HowatComdr. Hall
Robert BiceSeaman
Leonard CareyAssociate Justice
Fay RoopeMinisterJulia MontoyaIndian WomanJean JoryMarie Boulard's Daughter
Hy AnzellTom RyanMargaret MuseMary BoaMichael MonroeAideFrank KirbyPvt. Reed
Hope SummersElla Tostenson
Paul E. BurnsOld Man
John BleiferJudge
Paul NewlanWardenLomax StudyClerkAlma LawtonTeacher
Benny BurtLombard's Mgr.Alan AustinDavid WagesElaine SinclairMarshaDavid WaldorPomfretDavid MorganSecretary
Joel FluellenJim Fowler
George DeeAlphonse (Waiter)John S. Peters2nd Sergeant
Thomas Browne HenryMaj. Bowles
Pat ColbyPvt. DeLongTom VizeReporterGeorge PellingBailiff
Jay DouglasLieut. (j.g.) DavidRalph SmileyFirst GamblerSondra RodgersFirst Woman
Sidney GordonHansel
Bart BravermanYoung Pit-a-Pit
Robert KarnesDoctor
Nicky BlairPinkie
John IndrisanoTrainer
Fred NurneyPolice Chief
Louise TreadwellSelfLeslie PetitKateTom MaytonBill CoonPam ZackLittle Mary DevlinChuckie LaPlanteSelfRita ShankerLittle Girl
Mark DanaLieut. Zale
Don C. HarveyChet
Warren HsiehCha's Grandson
Barbara Bell WrightMrs. Faulk
Charlott KnightFlower WomanArne BourgeFirst Hessian Soldier
Dan BlockerBorneoMary PattonSarahDavid HalperNickeyMolly RodenMaidWalter MaslowLt. Stone
Edith BarrettSara Bernhardt
Dan WhiteEd
Lewis Martin1st OfficialChester JonesCharlie
John CliffStagecoach Man
Norma EberhardtAlice MartinJessie GlendinningMrs. DeLamater
Dick O'NeillBill Ray
Leonard Mudie2nd OfficialGordon MillsReporterSterling FranckPhilip Meltzer
Herman Hack3rd Official
Nick VenetJack PalermoDean SeverenceReporter
Peter MillerReporter
Charles BronsonSgt. Brine
Richard Deacon
Edgar BuchananHorace Greeley
Broderick Crawford
Keye LukeMr. Wong
Madge Blake
James AndersonTom Lincoln
Paul Brinegar
Dorothy Neumann
Mary Anderson
Paul BirchPresident
William Fawcett
Paul Engle
Jacques SernasLouis Pellier
George ChandlerSad Ben
Jay Novello
Ron RandellCaptain Richard Arley
Booth Colman
Jacques AubuchonJules Brullier
S. John Launer
Robert Bray
Kam Tong
Ron FosterDennis
Chet StrattonJonathan Smithers
Frances ReidMatilda Bergh
Tommy Ivo
Florida Friebus
Philip BourneufHenry Bergh
Victor Millan
Gus Schilling
Teru ShimadaMr. Tsuji
Leora DanaElizabeth Barrett Browning
Alan Reed Jr.
Fred Essler
Hugh Sanders
Henry Kulky
Terry Frost
Tim Ryan
Susan WhitneyAbe's Sister
Emmett Kelly
Harry Cheshire
Rolfe Sedan
Edgar Barrier
Aileen Pringle
Matt MooreJudge
Laura La PlanteBelva Lockwood
Rosa TurichFrances KarathElizabeth
James FairfaxNoel ToyMrs. Woo KeeAbel FrancoBob Kline
Ernestine Barrier
Hal Le SueurKeith McConnellOfficer O'Hara
Joel MarstonNorman OllestadWilliam YipWoo KeeRamsay Hill
Irene SeidnerGrandmere PellierWilliam Hughes
Jan ChaneyCecilleJack Lomas
Fred KrugerGeraldine HallJean Harvey
Hal GerardJohn DodsworthDr. Paul MorganJudy Short
Frank TangChi ChingGeorge SaurelJean PellierJohn MonaghanLeslie BartonBob J. HumanMark SheelerVesey O'DavorenPresident's AideJessie AdamsRoy LennertHerbert DeansAnita AntonMabbs MerrillRonnie LeeAbe LincolnMichael TaylorHeinrich Schliemann at age 13Michael Hughes
Cloris LeachmanMolly Brown
Robert VaughnPrince Albert
Jackie Coogan
Strother MartinShorty
Joseph Cotten
Judi MeredithQueen Victoria
Robert 'Rusty' StevensFat Boy
Ken OsmondCharlie Sharp
Alan Napier
Douglas Fowley
Charles LaneJosiah
Ray TealHurd
Helen KleebDon TaylorSam Houston
Jerry Paris
Sheila Bromley
Kay E. KuterJacques
Bartlett Robinson
Christopher Dark
Hoagy CarmichaelSelf
Joe FlynnAssistant
George Tobias
Anne JeffreysElla Knowles
Jerome CowanSuperintendant
Frank GerstlePierre
Frank Faylen
Lloyd CorriganMr. Benson
Robert SterlingHenri Haskell
Sally FraserAlice
Dennis Morgan
Elisabeth FraserRay FerrellJoey
Bill Walker
Ben LessyLou DorseyPaul Savage
Peter AdamsWard Wood
Greta Thyssen
Elizabeth HarrowerKim CharneyKaye ElhardtBetty
Byron Keith
Paul WexlerJoan GranvilleSecretary
C. Lindsay WorkmanJudge
Monte Blue
Walter Woolf King
John Hubbard
Richard Stapley
Dick WesselFern Barry
Noel Drayton
John ComptonHerne
Torben Meyer
Walter WinchellWalter Winchell
Raymond Greenleaf
Albert CarrierManuel RojasAlfego Baca
Gregory GayeKenneth Patterson
Paul Busch
Colin Campbell
Otto Reichow
Lyn GuildHarry Fleer
Karl SchanzerJorge TreviñoNaranjoEdith LeslieTom DugganJohn O'MalleyMarina Koshetz
Arthur Hanson
Alan BunceGerry GaylorCharles H. RadilakLyn OsbornHenry GuttmanDavid CavendishGeorge PembrokeJean BartelMrs. ThompsonManning RossMark LowellTeresa TudorEddie LittleNina KoshetzSelfGloria ClarkBud SlaterMarc BenderFrank CorsaroMadge ClevelandFritzi DuganTuzo Jerger FrithJoe OakieHeman G. StarkSelf - Director of California Youth AuthorityAnn SeatonAllegra VarronMichael BryantThompsonDallas BoydGladys ThorntonLeon ColkerBeatrice EnterSelfAlex FranzerDean DwightTommy Sharp
Jessica TandyBertha Kinsky
Vic MorrowBud Hand
Hume CronynAlfred Nobel
Mike ConnorsCy Yedor
John Banner
Kathleen NolanGina
Jonathan HarrisArchimedes
John SmithPhilip Horton
Judith Anderson
Willis BoucheyOttomar Gerhardt
Edward BinnsBrazier
Neil HamiltonKing Hiero II
Vaughn TaylorLee FarrMaster Sergeant Taylor
Rachel AmesJoan Yedor
Stephen McNallyMajor Tyson
Bill IdelsonMaster Sergeant Newsom
Bek Nelson
Wanda HendrixJoan Horton
Edward G. Robinson Jr.Lieutenant Hays
Richard ShannonHolmes
William TannenSergeant
Dorothy Stickney
John WengrafEddie RyderLieutenant LambertAnne SargentMrs. Mudd
Rex BellSelf - Lt. Gov. of Nevada
Ernest Sarracino
Frances MercerTom HollandCaptain HolyAlice ReinheartCarl MilletaireA.G. VitanzaFrank LoganOtis GreeneRobert GothieDavid HeroldJoy StonerBuzzy BookmanItalo TajoMichael LadinRace Car DriverPaul MillardLieutenant BewleyRobert RuggieroCharles Willcox (uncredited)
Bess FlowersBanquet Guest (uncredited)
Dee Pollock (uncredited)
Harry Wilson (uncredited)
Barbara Morrison (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim (uncredited)
Robert Patten (uncredited)
Tyler McVeyTownsman (uncredited)
Lester Dorr (uncredited)Cheryl CallawayKaty (uncredited)
Gilman Rankin (uncredited)
Tony Russel (uncredited)
Harvey Parry (uncredited)
Wally Rose (uncredited)
Anthony JochimTownsman (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson (uncredited)
Marshall BradfordProf. Scott (uncredited)
John Hiestand (uncredited)
Charles Evans (uncredited)Helen SpringJudge's Wife (uncredited)
Eddie Parks (uncredited)
Dale Johnson (uncredited)Wally Richard (uncredited)Roger Creed (uncredited)Jimmy Hayes (uncredited)Gayle Kellogg (uncredited)Grant Scott (uncredited)Leo Curley (uncredited)Lucile Lowell (uncredited)Roy G. Gunther (uncredited)James MachlinTownsman (uncredited)Norman Ollsted (uncredited)
Jess Kirkpatrick (uncredited)
Kenner G. KempShip Passenger (uncredited)
Michael JeffersShip Passenger (uncredited)
Dick Kay Hong (uncredited)Weaver Levy (uncredited)Victor Romito (uncredited)Sandy WirthWoman (uncredited)Max Power (uncredited)Charles Zacha Jr.Ring Announcer (uncredited)Bennie GoldbergBoxer (uncredited)Joan Sudlow (uncredited)John Bradford (uncredited)Gerry Cohen (uncredited)Florence Shaen (uncredited)Raymond HallSelf (uncredited)Stuart Towers (uncredited)Jim LassiterBoxer (uncredited)William Newgard (uncredited)Noel Humphries (uncredited)Charles GreenBoxer (uncredited)George Chang (uncredited)