Not the Glory (Playhouse 90)

"Not the Glory"

Playhouse 90 episodes

Newspaper ad for "Not the Glory"

Episode nos.

Season 2
Episodes 33^[1]

Directed by

Robert Mulligan

Written by

David Shaw (adaptation), Pierre Boulle (novel)

Original air date

May 8, 1958^[1]

Guest appearances

James Mason as Wilhelm Konreid
Ann Todd as Lady Diane Goodfellow
Dennis King as Sir Wallace Goodfellow

Episode chronology

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"Not the Glory" was an American television play broadcast on May 8, 1958, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90. David Shaw wrote the teleplay based on Pierre Boulle's first novel, William Conrad (1950). Robert Mulligan directed, and James Mason, Ann Todd, and Dennis King starred.^[1]^[2]

Plot

A Nazi spy, Wilhelm Konreid, travels to London in 1939, posing as a Polish patriot. He "ingratiates himself into high British government circles" and is offered a job with the BBC. Sir Wallace Goodfellow is a British government official "whose intellect and cunning are pitted against" Konreid.^[3]

Cast

The following performers received screen credit for their performances:^[1]

James Mason - Wilhelm Konreid
Ann Todd - Lady Diane Goodfellow
Dennis King - Sir Wallace Goodfellow
Walter Fitzgerald - Major Wickham

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Playhouse 90, Season 2". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
^ "Mason, Todd To Star In Playhouse 90 Drama". The Victoria Advocate. May 4, 1958. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Quotations taken from the newspaper advertisement (pictured above) for the original broadcast.

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