"Confession" is an American television play broadcast on November 29, 1956, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was the ninth episode of the first season of Playhouse 90.
"Confession" | |
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Playhouse 90 episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 9 |
Directed by | Anton M. Leader |
Written by | Devery Freeman |
Cinematography by | Gert Andersen |
Original air date | November 29, 1956 |
Guest appearances | |
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A reporter, Ben Birch, is assigned to write about the life a recently-deceased civic leader. He ends up uncovering a major public fraud perpetrated by the deceased man and wins the hand of the man's daughter, Amy Mathewson.[1][2]
The cast of Confession included the following:[3]
Robert Preston hosted the broadcast.
The film was produced by Screen Gems. It was the second film that Screen Gems made for Playhouse 90 (the first being The Country Husband).[4]
Eva Wolas was the producer and Anton M. Leader the director. Devery Freeman wrote the script.[1][4] Gert Andersen was the director of photography and Henry Batista the editor.[3]
The film was broadcast on Thursday, November 29, 1956, from 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.[4]
In The New York Times, Richard F. Shepard wrote that it "displayed activity enough to avoid being characterized as a familiar complete bore. But it surely was familiar."[2]