The Violent Heart (Playhouse 90) Explained

Series:Playhouse 90
Season:2
Episode:22[1]
Director:John Frankenheimer
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"The Violent Heart" is an American television play broadcast on February 6, 1958, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90. John Frankenheimer directed. Dana Wynter and Ben Gazzara starred.

Plot

Set on the Riviera, a young marquise buys a camera from a photographer. She returns to the studio to visit the photographer.

Cast

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

Production

John Frankenheimer was the director and Martin Manulis the producer. It was originally broadcast on February 6, 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]

The commercial sponsors were Kimberly-Clark (Delsey bathroom tissue and Kleenex tissues), Marlboro cigarettes, Bristol-Myers (Ban deodorant, Bufferin pain reliever, Vitalis hair tonic, and Ipan toothpaste), and the American Gas Association.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Playhouse 90, Season 2. Classic TV Archive. February 24, 2021.
  2. Web site: Playhouse 90: Violent Heart. 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.