Matinee Theatre Horsepower (Season 2, Episode 34)
TV Episode | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Matinee Theatre

Horsepower (Season 2, Episode 34)

TV Episode | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The patriarch of a Scandinavian immigrant family resists change, even down to keeping a gramophone for entertainment and horse team to plow his field. When he dies, his son becomes just as rigid and tries to continue on with the old ways.

Director

Sherman Marks

Writers

Mona Kent | Albert McCleery (deviser) | Alfred Ryder

Producers

Ethel Frank | Albert McCleery | Winston O'Keefe

Composer

Edward Truman

Cinematographer

Lester Shorr

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 30, 1956

Release date

Oct 30, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 win

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
John Conte Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Dean Stockwell Carl Mittelbach Carl Mittelbach See fewer	Quantum Leap (1989)
Alex Gerry Hiram Hiram See fewer	Funny Face (1957)
Walter Sande Fred Fred See fewer	To Have and Have Not (1944)
Virginia Christine Julia Julia See fewer	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Maureen Cassidy Perk Perk See fewer	Science Fiction Theatre (1955)
Hal Smith Nick Nick See fewer	The Great Race (1965)
James Bridges Hot Rod (as Jim Bridges) Hot Rod (as Jim Bridges) See fewer	The China Syndrome (1979)
Max Mellinger Mr. Schindler Mr. Schindler See fewer	Petticoat Junction (1963)