General Electric Theater Prosper's Old Mother (Season 4, Episode 8)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

General Electric Theater

Prosper's Old Mother (Season 4, Episode 8)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

Orphaned Prosper sets out from his mining camp for San Francisco. He's looking for a mother to bring back to the camp. And he finds one, a kindly old eccentric who drinks medicine liberally flavored with 'hootch'.

Director

Sidney Lanfield

Writers

William Bowers (teleplay) | Bret Harte (story)

Cinematographer

John L. Russell (as John L. Russell Jr.)

Editor

Michael R. McAdam

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 20, 1955

Release date

Nov 20, 1955 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Ethel Barrymore Mother Mother See fewer	The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Ronald Reagan Prosper Prosper See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Edgar Buchanan Colonel Starbottle Colonel Starbottle See fewer	Shane (1953)
Joyce Holden Janet Janet See fewer	The Milkman (1950)
Charles Bronson Pike Pike See fewer	Death Wish (1974)
Norman Leavitt Slim Slim See fewer	Off Limits (1952)
Dabbs Greer Tom Tom See fewer	The Green Mile (1999)
John Doucette Bartender Bartender See fewer	True Grit (1969)
Charles Halton Welfare Man Welfare Man See fewer	To Be or Not to Be (1942)