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"**Natchez**"
"Natchez"
Playhouse 90 episodes
	Cliff Robertson and Felicia Farr in Natchez
Episode nos.	Season 2; Episodes 36
Directed by	David Lowell Rich
Written by	Martin M. Goldsmith (teleplay), E.A. Ellington (story)
Cinematography by	Gert Andersen
Original air date	May 29, 1958
Guest appearances
	Cliff Robertson as Danny Carson; Macdonald Carey as Alexander Lamar; Thomas Mitchell as Mr. Carson;
Episode chronology
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"Natchez" is an American television play broadcast live on May 29, 1958, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Martin M. Goldsmith wrote the teleplay based on a story by E.A. Ellington. David Lowell Rich directed. Cliff Robertson, Macdonald Carey, and Thomas Mitchell starred.

Plot

A Confederate prisoner of war returns to Mississippi after the end of the American Civil War. His father is viewed as a traitor because he did not participate in scorched-earth practices. The former POW falls in love with the wife of a man who operates a Mississippi River gambling boat.

Cast

The following performers received screen credit for their performances:

Cliff Robertson - Danny Carson
Macdonald Carey - Alexander Lamar
Thomas Mitchell - Mr. Carson
Felicia Farr - Valerie Lamar
Ted de Corsia - Jenkins
Dan Blocker
Chubby Johnson
Keith Vincent

Production

William Froug was the producer, and David Lowell Rich directed. Martin M. Goldsmith wrote the teleplay based on a story by E.A. Ellington. The production was broadcast on May 29, 1958.^[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.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Playhouse 90, Season 2". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
^ Martin, Douglas (October 2, 2007). "Martin Manulis, TV Pioneer, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved March 13, 2009.