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A Matter of Life and Death (Season 1, Episode 7)
TV Episode | Drama

A young man that Is born into the hateful, ignorant world of family feuding in the old south, rebels against it by leaving it, and becomes an educated man, a famed neurosurgeon. The conflict of the story comes when he must operate on the ...See moreA young man that Is born into the hateful, ignorant world of family feuding in the old south, rebels against it by leaving it, and becomes an educated man, a famed neurosurgeon. The conflict of the story comes when he must operate on the brain of grandson of his childhood enemy from the feuding clan. Written by WesternOne See less
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Director
Writers
Mortimer Braus (teleplay) | Hodding Carter (article) | Howard J. Green (story supervision)
Producer
Cinematographer
Lester Shorr (photographed by)
Editors
Walter Hannemann (editorial supervision) | Leslie Vidor
Status
Edit Released
Updated Feb 28, 1955

Release date
Feb 28, 1955 (United States)

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14 cast members
Name Known for
Bobby Driscoll
Young Radford Sawyer Young Radford Sawyer   See fewer
Minor Watson
Adult (Dr.) Radford Sawyer Adult (Dr.) Radford Sawyer   See fewer
Walter Baldwin
Dr. Jenkins Dr. Jenkins   See fewer
Frank Ferguson
Pa Sawyer Pa Sawyer   See fewer
Ella Ethridge
Ma Sawyer Ma Sawyer   See fewer
Erville Alderson
Adult Vernon Kimble Adult Vernon Kimble   See fewer
Jimmy Ogg
Young Vernon Kimble Young Vernon Kimble   See fewer
Eddy Waller
Pa Kimble (as Eddie Waller) Pa Kimble (as Eddie Waller)   See fewer
Selmer Jackson
Dr. Collier Dr. Collier   See fewer
Paul Hoffman
Harlan Sawyer Harlan Sawyer   See fewer
Hugh Reilly
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
Burt Mustin
Old Man in Store (uncredited) Old Man in Store (uncredited)   See fewer
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