Child of Our Time (Playhouse 90) explained

Series:Playhouse 90
Season:3
Episode:18
Runtime:1:29
Director:George Roy Hill
Producer:Herbert Brodkin
Music:Jerry Goldsmith
Guests:
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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

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

The cast included the following:[1]

Production

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Playhouse 90: Child of Our Time. The Paley Center for Media. February 20, 2021.
  2. Web site: Playhouse 90, Season 3. The Classic TV Archive. October 31, 2020.