Four Star Playhouse Backstage (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Four Star Playhouse

Backstage (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A well known actor encounters a woman attempting suicide by jumping off a bridge. He persuades her to let him put her up at a hotel for the night, but he accidentally provided fake stage money for her room.

Director

Robert Florey

Writers

John Bagni (television screenplay) | Gwen Bagni (television screenplay)

Producer

Charles Boyer

Cinematographer

Lester White (as Les White)

Editor

Frank Doyle

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 6, 1952

Release date

Nov 6, 1952 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 14 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Charles Boyer Paul Paul See fewer	Gaslight (1944)
Marcia Henderson Amy Amy See fewer	All I Desire (1953)
Hillary Brooke Miriam Miriam See fewer	The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Hugh French Evan Evan See fewer	A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
Florence Bates Ottilie Ottilie See fewer	Rebecca (1940)
Louis Jean Heydt Lt. Albert Lt. Albert See fewer	The Big Sleep (1946)
Rhys Williams Stage Manager Stage Manager See fewer	How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Will Wright Willie Willie See fewer	The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Cecil Cunningham Woman (Hotel) Woman (Hotel) See fewer	The Awful Truth (1937)
Percy Helton Pan Handler (as Percy Hilton) Pan Handler (as Percy Hilton) See fewer	The Set-Up (1949)