Lux Video Theatre The Copperhead (Season 5, Episode 26)
TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

Lux Video Theatre

The Copperhead (Season 5, Episode 26)

TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

Milt Shanks lives a shamed life, hated by his neighbors for having been a traitor to the North in the American Civil War. But Shanks carries with him a secret, one he promised Abraham Lincoln to tell no one.

Director

Buzz Kulik

Writers

S.H. Barnett (adaptation) | Frederick Landis (novel) | Augustus Thomas (play) (as Augustus E. Thomas)

Producer

Cal Kuhl

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 17, 1955

Release date

Feb 17, 1955 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
14 cast members

Name	Known for
Ken Carpenter Self - Announcer Self - Announcer See fewer	Rhythm on the River (1940)
Mason Alan Dinehart Joey (as Alan Dinehart III) Joey (as Alan Dinehart III) See fewer	The Hot Angel (1958)
Betty Field Martha Shanks / Madeline Martha Shanks / Madeline See fewer	Of Mice and Men (1939)
Richard Garland Hardy as a Young Man Hardy as a Young Man See fewer	Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Paul Harvey Hardy as an Old Man Hardy as an Old Man See fewer	Spellbound (1945)
John Ireland Milt Shanks Milt Shanks See fewer	All the King's Men (1949)
Helen Kleeb Mrs. Manning Mrs. Manning See fewer	The Party (1968)
John Lupton Philip Manning Philip Manning See fewer	Airport 1975 (1974)
Patrick Miller Gillespie as a Young Man Gillespie as a Young Man See fewer	I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
Ralph Moody Gillespie as an Old Man Gillespie as an Old Man See fewer	Get Smart (1965)
George Pal Lux Video Theatre Guest Lux Video Theatre Guest See fewer	The War of the Worlds (1953)
William Schallert Sam Carter Sam Carter See fewer	Innerspace (1987)
Dan White Len Tollard Len Tollard See fewer	The Americano (1955)
Ian Wolfe The Rev. Andrews The Rev. Andrews See fewer	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)