ITV Playhouse The Father (Season 1, Episode 23)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

ITV Playhouse

The Father (Season 1, Episode 23)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

Parents struggle over the future of their child, resulting in the mother, using her cunning manipulative skills, subduing and finally destroying the father.

Director

Dennis Vance

Writers

Michael Meyer (translation) | August Strindberg (play)

Producer

Cecil Clarke

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 5, 1968

Release date

Mar 5, 1968 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 6 nominations

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Patrick Wymark The Captain The Captain See fewer	Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Dorothy Tutin Laura Laura See fewer	The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Nicola Jenkins Bertha Bertha See fewer	ITV Playhouse (1967)
David William Dr. Ostermark Dr. Ostermark See fewer	The Spread of the Eagle (1963)
Brian Wilde Pastor Pastor See fewer	Doing Time (1979)
Sybil Thorndike The Nurse The Nurse See fewer	The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
John Malcolm Nöjd Nöjd See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Gil Sutherland Captain's Batman Captain's Batman See fewer	The Newcomers (1965)