Alcoa Theatre The Best Way to Go (Season 2, Episode 17)
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

Alcoa Theatre

The Best Way to Go (Season 2, Episode 17)

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

Terminally ill newspaper reporter with months to live quits job in order to take an around the world trip with his son, whom he had previously neglected.

Director

Walter Grauman

Writer

Leonard Freeman (teleplay)

Producer

Winston O'Keefe (producer)

Cinematographer

Henry Freulich

Editor

Richard K. Brockway

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 15, 1959

Release date

Jun 15, 1959 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 3 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 7 nominations

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Gary Merrill Dick Bowen Dick Bowen See fewer	All About Eve (1950)
Jay C. Flippen Donovan Donovan See fewer	The Killing (1956)
Frank Maxwell Anders Anders See fewer	The Wild Angels (1966)
Joe Sonessa Dick 'Skipper' Bowen, Jr. Dick 'Skipper' Bowen, Jr. See fewer	Peter Gunn (1958)
William Swan Jim Miller Jim Miller See fewer	Producers' Showcase (1954)
Hugh Lawrence Wilson Wilson See fewer	Juvenile Jungle (1958)
Jason Wingreen Hirsh Hirsh See fewer	Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
Leon Alton Reporter (uncredited) Reporter (uncredited) See fewer	Target (1958)
George Ford Reporter (uncredited) Reporter (uncredited) See fewer