"Homeward Borne"
Playhouse 90 episode
Kiley, Eyer and Darnell from "Homeward Borne"
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 32
Directed by	Arthur Hiller
Written by	Halsted Welles (teleplay), Ruth Chatterton (novel)
Cinematography by	Gert Andersen
Original air date	May 9, 1957 (1957-05-09)
Guest appearances
Richard Kiley as Bob Lyttleton Linda Darnell as Meg Lyttleton Keith Andes as Andy Colby
Episode chronology
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"Homeward Borne" was an American television film broadcast on May 9, 1957, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was the 32nd episode of the first season.

A fighter pilot, Bob Lyttleton, returns home from war. He learns that his wife, Meg, has adopted a war orphan. He resents the child.

The cast included performances by:

• Richard Kiley as Bob Lyttleton
• Linda Darnell as Meg Lyttleton
• Keith Andes as Andy Colby
• Richard Eyer as Tommy Lyttleton
• Rene Korper as Ben
• Sarah Selby as Secretary
• Pauline Myers as Louise
• Steve Firstman as Paul

The film was based on Ruth Chatterton's 1950 novel Homeward Borne.^[1]

Arthur Hiller was the director. Halsted Welles wrote the teleplay based Chatterton's novel. Gert Andersen was the director of photography, and Robert Swanson was the editor. The film was produced by Screen Gems for Playhouse 90.^[2]