Your Favorite Story How Much Land Does a Man Need? (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

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Your Favorite Story

How Much Land Does a Man Need? (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

The ruler of a country agreed to give a greedy man all of the land that he could stake out on foot within a 24-hour period. The man ran the entire time and staked out a huge area. After he drove the last stake, things changed drastically.

Director

Eddie Davis

Writers

Jerome Lawrence | Robert E. Lee | Lev Tolstoy (story) (as Leo Tolstoy)

Cinematographer

Curt Fetters

Editor

Asa Boyd Clark

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 11, 1953

Release date

Jan 11, 1953 (United States)

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Adolphe Menjou Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Paths of Glory (1957)
Raymond Burr Alexander Alexander See fewer	Rear Window (1954)
Barbara Wooddell Wife (as Barbara Woodell) Wife (as Barbara Woodell) See fewer	I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Frank DeKova Chieftain Chieftain See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds Old Lady Stepana Old Lady Stepana See fewer	The Human Comedy (1943)
Everett Glass Grandpa Grandpa See fewer	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Byron Foulger Merchant Merchant See fewer	Sullivan's Travels (1941)
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Harold Blake David David See fewer	Yoshi Life: Squid Days (2022)
Jack Clinton Villager (uncredited) Villager (uncredited) See fewer	No Small Affair (1984)
William Cottrell Inn Patron (uncredited) Inn Patron (uncredited) See fewer	Julius Caesar (1953)
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