Schlitz Playhouse A Thing to Fight For (Season 8, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

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Schlitz Playhouse

A Thing to Fight For (Season 8, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

A peace-loving Civil War veteran seeks refuge from the violence of war as overseer on a Florida plantation.

Director

Writers

Wyatt Blassingame (story) | Paul Monash (teleplay)

Producer

Cinematographer

Benjamin H. Kline

Editor

Danny B. Landres

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 26, 1958

Release date

Sep 26, 1958 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 win & 9 nominations

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Rod Steiger Hume Searcy Hume Searcy See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Marianne Stewart Eleanor Searcy Eleanor Searcy See fewer	Valley of Hunted Men (1942)
Rod Taylor Boyd Harland Boyd Harland See fewer	Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Kim Charney Del Searcy Del Searcy See fewer	Suddenly (1954)
Chick Chandler Actor Actor See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Martin Landau Actor Actor See fewer	Ed Wood (1994)
Read Morgan Actor Actor See fewer	Maverick (1994)
Dan Sheridan Actor Actor See fewer	Lawman (1958)

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