The Philco Television Playhouse A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (Season 8, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Drama

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The Philco Television Playhouse

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (Season 8, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Drama

Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.

Directors

Robert Mulligan | Hal Tulchin (live commercials)

Writer

Robert Alan Aurthur

Producer

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 2, 1955

Release date

Oct 2, 1955 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Florence Anglin Landlady Landlady See fewer	Trading Places (1983)
Martin Balsam Charlie Malick Charlie Malick See fewer	All the President's Men (1976)
Joe Comadore Second Man Second Man See fewer	Tanganyika (1954)
Joanna Douglas Mother Mother See fewer	Jacktown (1962)
Don Gordon First Man First Man See fewer	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Betty McDonald Girl Girl See fewer	The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
Don Murray Axel Nordman Axel Nordman See fewer	Bus Stop (1956)
Kathleen Murray Katherine Katherine See fewer	Kitty Foyle (1958)
Sidney Poitier Tommy Tyler Tommy Tyler See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Hilda Simms Lucy Tyler Lucy Tyler See fewer	The Joe Louis Story (1953)
Michael Strong Lloyd Mills Lloyd Mills See fewer	Patton (1970)
Edward Walsh Policeman Policeman See fewer	Hard Times (1975)
Meg Wyllie Operator Operator See fewer	The Last Starfighter (1984)

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