Without Incident Explained

Series:	Playhouse 90
Season:	1
Episode:	36
Airdate:	^[1]
Production:	Filmmaster Productions
Based On:	story by Charles Marquis Warren
Director:	Charles Marquis Warren
Producer:	Charles Marquis Warren
Guests:	Errol Flynn Ann Sheridan John Ireland Julie London
Music:	Bernard Herrmann
Prev:	Circle of the Day
Next:	Clash by Night

Without Incident is a 1957 episode of Playhouse 90 starring Errol Flynn.^{[2] [3]}

Plot

The captain of a U.S. Cavalry unit rescues two wives of slain traders who were being held hostage by hostile Native Americans but then is faced with a mutiny among his own men.

Cast

• Errol Flynn as Captain Russell Bidlack
• Anne Sheridan as Kathy
• Julie London as Angela
• John Ireland as Sgt Turley
• Rodolfo Acosta

Production

Traditionally all shows on Playhouse 90 were made by Screen Gems and done live. However, in January 1957 CBS announced that three episodes would be made by another company, Filmaster Productions, and shot on location: "Carbine Web", "Lone Woman" and "Without Incident".^{[4] [5]}

In February 1957 it was announced the episode may be spun off into a TV series starring Flynn but this did not happen.^{[6] [7]}

Filming begun on location in Tucson, Arizona on March 4, with studio work in Hollywood.^{[4] [8]}

Notes and References

1. ON TELEVISION New York Times 6 June 1957: 63.
2. 'Without Incident'The Christian Science Monitor 21 May 1957: 11.
3. Book: McNulty, Thomas. Errol Flynn: The Life and Career. 275. McFarland. May 7, 2015.
4. Xavier Cugat and His Wife, Abbe Lane, Sign to Replace Eddie Fisher on N.B.C New York Times 25 Jan 1957: 45.
5. Pretty German Fraulein Cast as SameLouella Parsons:. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 2 Feb 1957: B8.
6. NEWS OF TELEVISION AND RADIO: "THE LARK"--A BROADWAY HIT TO BE SEEN ON TV TODAYBy VAL ADAMS New York Times 10 Feb 1957: 129.
7. 31. Flynn's Playhouse 90 Entry Also as a Pilot for a New Series. Variety. 13 February 1957.
8. Television Film Producers Invest Heavily In Horse Opera Series for the Fall Season Special to The New York Times 6 Feb 1957: 51.