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CBS Playhouse: Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

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When carpenter Peter Schermann needed a home, he built it with his own hands. And the house, like Peter, was strong; solid as a tree. But now he's old, too old. His children have no room for him. Peter winds up in a rest home--where he angrily rebels. He resents being treated as if he were senile or crippled. And he is offended by the empty atmosphere of waiting for death. Loring Mandel's compassionate drama follows Peter's lonely, courageous struggle to find a life in a world that has shut him out. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Loring D. Mandel

Director:: George Schaefer

Guest Star:: Lois Smith (Evelyn); Gene Blakely (Phil); Martine Bartlett (Margaret); Mildred Trares (Young Rose); Art Smith (Arthur Selig); Amanda Randolph (Marian); Karl Swenson (Dr. Keller); Mary Jackson (Mrs. Stone); Nydia Westman (Mrs. Ermish); Val Avery (Larry McDermott); Jacques Aubuchon (Wallace Slocum); Don Beddoe (Robert Ragle); Almira Sessions (Mary Devlin); Sara Taft (Laura Chapman); Claudia McNeil (Josepha); Lawrence Dobkin (Dr. Gettlinger); Warren Stevens (George); Burt Mustin (Cullum); Melvyn Douglas (Peter Schermann); Shirley Booth (Heloise Michaud); Madge Kennedy (Mrs. Flagler)

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This thoughtful production won an Emmy Award for Melvyn Douglas, who replaced Fredric March at the 11th hour, as the old man, Peter Schermann, and for Mandel and the camera work, and was nominated for best dramatic program, director and supporting actor (Lawrence Dobkin). edit »
The teleplay by Mandel was published in book form. edit »