Rendezvous in Black (Playhouse 90) explained

Series:	Playhouse 90
Season:	1
Episode:	4
Director:	John Frankenheimer
Guests:	Franchot Tone as Johnny Marr Laraine Day as Florence Strickland Boris Karloff as Ward Allen
Prev:	Sizeman and Son
Next:	The Country Husband

"Rendezvous in Black" was an American television play broadcast live on October 18, 1956, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90.

Plot

Johnny Marr's fiancee is killed by a whisky bottle thrown from an airplane. Marr seeks revenge by killing the loved ones of the passengers on the flight.

Cast

• Franchot Tone as Johnny Marr
• Laraine Day as Florence Strickland
• Boris Karloff as Ward Allen
• Tom Drake as Johnny Mark
• Viveca Lindfors as Johnny Mark
• Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Middleton

Frank Lovejoy hosted the program.

Production

Martin Manulis was the producer and John Frankenheimer the director.^[1] It was Frankenheimer's second directing credit on Playhouse 90 following Forbidden Area.

James P. Cavanagh wrote the teleplay based on the novel, Rendezvous in Black (1948), by Cornell Woolrich.^[2]

Reception

In The New York Times, Jack Gould wrote that Playhouse 90 had reverted to "grade B movie material."^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Playhouse 90: Episode 004 (1956). All Movie. September 20, 2020.
2. News: Criminals at Large. The New York Times. Isaac Anderson. March 28, 1948. 85.
3. News: TV Review: Suspense Play Given on 'Playhouse 90'. The New York Times. Jack Gould. October 26, 1956. 43.