Playwrights '56 The Battler (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

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Playwrights '56

The Battler (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

Wandering around America, young Nick Adams encounters a washed-up punch-drunk boxer known as "The Battler".

Director

Writers

Sidney Carroll (adaptation) | Ernest Hemingway (novel) | A.E. Hotchner (adaptation)

Producer

Fred Coe (producer)

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 18, 1955

Release date

Oct 18, 1955 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Collier Truck Driver Truck Driver See fewer	Blazing Saddles (1974)
Marty Green Counterman Counterman See fewer	Mixed Signals (1997)
Phyllis Kirk Girl Friend Girl Friend See fewer	Crime Wave (1953)
Dewey Martin Nick Adams Nick Adams See fewer	The Thing from Another World (1951)
Bill McLean Jailer (as William McLean) Jailer (as William McLean) See fewer	House (1985)
Ben Miller Tough Tough See fewer	Playwrights '56 (1955)
Irving Mitchell Brakeman Brakeman See fewer	Freckles Comes Home (1942)
Paul Newman Ad Francis Ad Francis See fewer	The Hustler (1961)
Frederick O'Neal Bugs Bugs See fewer	Pinky (1949)

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