The Ford Television Theatre Sudden Silence (Season 5, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

The Ford Television Theatre

Sudden Silence (Season 5, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

Faced with saving face and respect with the townspeople, a sheriff is faced with a rancher bent on eye for an eye revenge after his sons trial and hanging.

Director

Lewis Allen

Writers

Lawrence B. Marcus (teleplay) (as Larry Marcus) | William Heuman (adapted from a short story by)

Producer

Jack Denove

Composer

Josef Zimanich

Cinematographer

Frederick Gately (as Fred Gately)

Casting Director

Fred H. Messenger (as Fred Messenger)

Production Designer

Ernst Fegté

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 10, 1956

Release date

Oct 10, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

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Cast	+ Add Cast
10 cast members

Name	Known for
Barbara Stanwyck Irene Frazier Irene Frazier See fewer	Double Indemnity (1944)
Jeff Morrow Sheriff Tom Frazier Sheriff Tom Frazier See fewer	This Island Earth (1955)
Trevor Bardette Jordan Jordan See fewer	The Monolith Monsters (1957)
Mort Mills The Deputy The Deputy See fewer	Touch of Evil (1958)
Robert Easton Cowboy Cowboy See fewer	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Ralph Dumke Mayor Mayor See fewer	All the King's Men (1949)
Malcolm Atterbury Mr. Jackson Mr. Jackson See fewer	The Birds (1963)
Charlott Knight Mrs. Jackson (as Charlotte Knight) Mrs. Jackson (as Charlotte Knight) See fewer	Petticoat Junction (1963)
Jim Hayward Angry Man Angry Man See fewer	Alaska Seas (1954)
Jimmy Baird Bill Bill See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)