| Series: | The 20th Century Fox Hour |
| Season: | 2 |
| Episode: | 17 |
| Teleplay: | Devery Freeman |
| Story: | Paddy Chayefsky |
| Director: | Don Weis |
| Photographer: | Frank Redman |
| Editor: | Otto Meyer |
| Guests: | Ed Wynn Walter Abel Kathleen Crowley Richard Deacon |
"The Great American Hoax" is a 1957 episode of the TV series The 20th Century Fox Hour.
This was the last TV play written by Paddy Chayefsky, and was based on a story of his, filmed as As Young as You Feel (1951). It originally was titled The Age of Retirement.[1]
Ed Wynn was signed to play the lead in a rare non-comedy role. Filming took place in March 1957.[2]