Schlitz Playhouse Officer Needs Help (Season 5, Episode 34)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Schlitz Playhouse

Officer Needs Help (Season 5, Episode 34)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Dan Grabow is given a 90-day tryout as chief of police in a small beach town. His discovers that none of the members of his force have received adequate police training.

Director

Robert Florey

Writers

Steve Fisher (teleplay) | Robert D. Neff (story)

Producer

William Self

Cinematographer

George T. Clemens

Editor

Sam Gold (as Samuel Gold)

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Edit Released

Updated May 18, 1956

Release date

May 18, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

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

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
John Bryant Lt. Lyle Smith Lt. Lyle Smith See fewer	The Bat (1959)
Paul Bryar Actor Actor See fewer	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Perry Joseph Actor Actor See fewer	Schlitz Playhouse (1951)
Gayle Kellogg Actor Actor See fewer	Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)
Stephen McNally Police Chief Dan Grabow Police Chief Dan Grabow See fewer	No Way Out (1950)
Mort Mills Actor Actor See fewer	Touch of Evil (1958)
William Phipps Actor (as Bill Phipps) Actor (as Bill Phipps) See fewer	The War of the Worlds (1953)
Walter Sande Al Harper Al Harper See fewer	To Have and Have Not (1944)
Marianne Stewart Actress Actress See fewer	Valley of Hunted Men (1942)