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6.1/10   43 votes
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Director:
Stacy Keach
Writers:
Paul Avila Mayer (adaptation)
Luigi Pirandello (play)
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Release Date:
18 October 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
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User Comments:
Gripping and Exceptional more (1 total)

Cast

 
Julie Adams ... The Mother
Wil Albert ... The Makeup Man
Pat Ast ... Madam Pace
H.B. Barnum III ... The Boy
Timothy Blake ... The Leading Lady

Reb Brown ... The Weightlifter
Leon Charles ... The Character Man
Peter Elbling ... Rudy (as Harold Oblong)
Philip Epstein ... Larry
Jeremy Foster ... The Juvenile

Andy Griffith ... The Father
Patricia Hitchcock ... The Character Lady (as Pat Hitchcock)
John Houseman ... The Director
Laurence Hugo ... The Leading Man
James Keach ... The Son
Richard Marion ... Wilson
Irene Robinson ... The Second Female Lead
Paul Schumacher ... Studio Technician
Beverly Todd ... The Stepdaughter
Claire Touchstone ... The Little Girl
Deborah Winters ... The Ingenue
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Directed by
Stacy Keach 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Paul Avila Mayer  adaptation
Luigi Pirandello  play "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore"

Produced by
Norman Lloyd .... executive producer
George Turpin .... supervising producer
 
Film Editing by
Darryl Sutton 
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Barry Brown .... camera operator
 
Other crew
Michael Stanislavsky .... associate director
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hollywood Television Theatre: Six Characters in Search of an Author (USA) (series title)
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Hollywood Television Theatre more

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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Gripping and Exceptional, 7 June 2002
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Author: ronnie from United States

The famous play within a play is now set in a television studio and is beautifully cast and directed, by Stacy Keach. The show being videotaped is interrupted by the sudden appearance of 6 people. Andy Griffith is compelling as the spokesman Father of the group, Julie Adams displays true anguish and despair as a widowed mother (her lover recently died), Beverly Todd is electrifying an an outspoken daughter, James Keach (the director's brother) is most convincing as an outcast son. Two children round out this most dysfunctional family. John Houseman is terrific as the TV show's director, giving the grim proceedings frequent doses of needed humor; his TV cast is also good. This is drama at its best, now available on DVD. Buy it now!

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