Play of the Week Burning Bright (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Play of the Week

Burning Bright (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The young wife of an aging man who is desperate for a child suspects that he is sterile. Because she loves him and wants to please him by bearing him a child, she becomes pregnant by his young assistant.

Director

Curt Conway

Writer

John Steinbeck (play "Burning Bright")

Producers

Lewis Freedman | Henry T. Weinstein (as Henry Weinstein)

Casting Director

Marc Merson

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Updated Oct 26, 1959

Release date

Oct 26, 1959 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Bob Brown Self - Announcer Self - Announcer See fewer	Play of the Week (1959)
Crahan Denton Actor Actor See fewer	The Parent Trap (1961)
Colleen Dewhurst Mordeen Saul Mordeen Saul See fewer	Anne of Green Gables (1985)
Dana Elcar Friend Ed Friend Ed See fewer	The Sting (1973)
Lewis Freedman Self - Introduction Self - Introduction See fewer	The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974)
Donald Madden Victor Victor See fewer	1776 (1972)
Myron McCormick Joe Saul Joe Saul See fewer	The Hustler (1961)