Point of No Return (Playhouse 90) explained

Series:	Playhouse 90
Season:	2
Episode:	24^[1]
Runtime:	1:30
Director:	Franklin Schaffner
Guests:	Charlton Heston as Charles Gray Hope Lange as Jessica Lovell Edward Andrews as Roger Blakesley John Williams as Mr. Lovell
Prev:	No Time at All
Next:	Portrait of a Murderer

"Point of No Return" was an American television play broadcast on February 20, 1958, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Franklin Schaffner directed. Charlton Heston and Hope Lange starred.

Plot

Financier Charles Gray, under consideration for a promotion, is sent to his home town in New England, visits his childhood sweetheart, and questions his life and marriage.

Cast

The following performers received screen credit for their performances:^{[1] [2]}

• Charlton Heston - Charles Gray
• Hope Lange - Jessica Lovell
• Edward Andrews - Roger Blakesley
• John Williams - Mr. Lovell
• Nancy Gray - Katharine Bard
• Ainslie Pryor - Jackie Mason

Production

Franklin Schaffner directed. Frank D. Gilroy wrote the teleplay as an adaptation of the novel by John P. Marquand. It was originally broadcast on February 20, 1958.^{[2] [1]} It was part of the second season of Playhouse 90, an anthology television series that was voted "the greatest television series of all time" in a 1970 poll of television editors.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Playhouse 90, Season 2. Classic TV Archive. February 24, 2021.
2. Web site: Playhouse 90: Point of No Return. The Paley Center. February 24, 2021.
3. News: Martin Manulis, TV Pioneer, Dies at 92 . Martin. Douglas. October 2, 2007. The New York Times. March 13, 2009.