The Day Before Atlanta

"**The Day Before Atlanta**"
"The Day Before Atlanta"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 27
Directed by	Ralph Nelson
Written by	John Gay
Featured music	Jerry Goldsmith
Original air date	April 9, 1959
Running time	1:27
Guest appearances
	Jack Warden as Sgt. Jubal Banks; Timmy Everett as Doug Hooker; Betty Lou Keim as Carolyn Claybourne;
Episode chronology
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"The Day Before Atlanta" is an American television play broadcast on April 9, 1959, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. The cast is led by Jack Warden. Ralph Nelson is the director and John Gay the writer.

Plot

During the American Civil War, a Union scouting party kills a man and his teenage son as they attempt to defend their plantation. A soldier discovers a young girl hiding inside the mansion.

Cast

The cast includes the following:^[1]

Jack Warden - Sgt. Jubal Banks
Timmy Everett - Doug Hooker
Betty Lou Keim - Carolyn Claybourne
Clu Gulager - Zach Toombs
Dabbs Greer - Clayton Beard
Clinton Sundberg - Matthew Claybourne
Gavin Gordon ... Cast, Slade Simpson
Musa Williams - Esther
Joel Fluellen - Jonathan
William Schallert - Major Barnes
Tom McKee - General McPherson
Roy Jenson - the Lieutenant
Jayson Wingreen - Ralph Fletcher
Nolan Leary - Edwin
Donald Harrison - Tom

Production

The program aired on April 9, 1959, on the CBS television series Playhouse 90. John Gay was the writer and Ralph Nelson the director.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Playhouse 90: The Day Before Atlanta". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
^ "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved October 31, 2020.

[Paley-1] "Playhouse 90: The Day Before Atlanta". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

[CTVA-2] "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved October 31, 2020.

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